The Long Term Affects of Sexual Abuse

The NSW government legally defines sexual assault as a source of strained, forced and manipulation into sexual acts that go against an individual’s will without their consent, this may include a young person who is under the legal age that is exposed to these unwanted sexual behaviours. This type of abuse is occurring all around the world in today’s day of age, including individuals who are young, old, and male, female or from different types of cultural and socio economic backgrounds. Criminologists all around the world tend to question why offenders are committing these crimes and what urges them to do so. It is therefore a difficult question to consider why an individual would commit sexual abuse and assault. However, after thorough research overtime the question will become clearer and aspects of the lives of people who are involved will have change. As there are many different types of Criminological theories and after analysing them, the feminist theory would best describe the causation of sexual abuse in today’s day of age. After comparing this theory with the labelling theory and the social disorganisation theory, reasons why the feminist theory would best explain the causation of sexual assault will be discussed. As well as other factors as to why this crime occurs, a distinct argument focusing on sexual abuse against minors not only damage undeveloped body of the young, but also damage the undeveloped mind of the minor that it affect causes life-long suffering to those unfortunate victims.
Sexual assault occurs due to the stereotyped theory that powerful positions that men may have in society, this wider image of women living in a society which is dominated by men arises from past gender binaries. Most individuals seek to understand the several reasons why it is them that become victims of sexual assault or abuse. These unidentified reasons may vary from the fear of one leading this crime onto them, feeling that life is unfair and accounting for the