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C. Henry Kempe (birth name Karl Heinz Kempe; April 6, 1922 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) – March 3, 1984 in Hanauma Bay, Hawaii) was an American pediatrician and the first in the medical community to identify and recognize child abuse. In 1962, Kempe and his colleagues, including Brandt F. Steele and Henry Silver, published the ...
Kempe served on the faculty at University of Colorado School of Medicine beginning in 1961, first as an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics, and later as an assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics. [3] She spent most of her career doing clinical research on child abuse and co-founded The Kempe Center in 1972. [1] [2]
Established 7/7/1977 by Henry Kempe, the membership based society is multi-disciplinary, and from all sectors of child protection. We are focused on equipping the global professionals on the front line of research and practice with a community of learning, and an active network to advance prevention, treatment and collaboration.
Child sexual abuse in the United States (5 C, 152 P) Y. Child sexual abuse in Yemen (1 C) Pages in category "Child sexual abuse by country" The following 12 pages are ...
In Zimbabwe, a retrospective study of reported cases of child sexual abuse over an 8-year period (1990 to 1997) found high rates of sexual abuse committed by teachers in rural primary schools. Many of the victims were girls between 11 and 13 years of age and penetrative sex was the most prevalent type of sexual abuse. [52]
The term pedocriminality (De: Pädokriminalität; Fr: pédocriminalité) is a controversial term which originated in the 1980s and has been used by organisations such as UNICEF, UNHRC, the World Health Organization [186] and the Council of Europe [187] to refer to child sexual abuse and sexual violence used against children, [188] [189] child ...
Child sexual abuse is a risk factor for attempting suicide. [15] Additionally, some studies have shown childhood sexual abuse to be a risk factor of the perpetration of intimate partner violence in men. [16] Much of the harm caused to victims becomes apparent years after the abuse happens.
Few forms of child abuse are a crime under Malaysian law. Suspects can be charged only for rape (penile penetration) and incest. Police can do little since the legal definition is limited. Malaysian courts seldom convict people for child sexual abuse, and Malaysia keeps no official statistics on child abuse. [10]