Child Sexual Abuse: A Review of the Literature Abstract Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. Approximately there are 3 million reports of CSA in the United States every year involving nearly 6 million children. CSA take place across ethnic and cultural lines‚ in all socioeconomic levels‚ all levels of education and within all religions. Numerous adverse effects correlate with CSA some examples include‚ anxiety‚ avoidance depression‚ low self-esteem‚ post-traumatic
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1991) raised an important argument; they suggested that age needs to be considered in conjunction with other variables. Studies have found a link between the duration of the abuse and the trauma of CSA 3.3 Emotional There have been numerous studies examining the association between a history of CSA and emotional distress‚ (Sanderson 2002‚ Beitchman et al 1992‚ Mullen and Fleming 1999) Jehu et al (1985) provides clinical evidence to reflect Tsai and Wanger (1978) theory. In their study 82 per cent
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SECTION A OVERVIEW The children support agency (CSA) is a national charity organization based in the UK that cares for young people. CSA works in areas of housing‚ family support‚ education and training‚ and tackling crime. CSA has a head office in central London and 19 area offices spread across 3 geographical regions namely northern‚ southwest and southeast. Nationally CSA runs 60 different projects in the various area offices‚ some projects are large or small looking after a significant
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their age. Some physical signs of CSA are a rash around genitals or anus‚ or mild to severe trauma to genitals. Psychiatric patients who have been sexually abused in childhood suffer from a wide variety of symptoms. These include depression suicidality dissociation‚ splitting and fragmentation of the personality substance abuse‚ somato-form disorders‚ and psychosexual disorders antisocial acts‚ and reenactments in the form of revictimization. (Jackson‚ 1994) CSA can be problematic to individuals
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SaleSoft Inc.‚ currently developing and marketing a CSAS solution (PROCEED)‚ is contemplating launching a Trojan Horse (TH) product. This report contains analysis of PROCEED vis-a-vis TH with a set of recommendations for why SaleSoft should continue to focus on the former. MARKET ANALYSIS Following are some key points regarding TH and CSAS markets: ● Only large firms with complex sales cycle are interested in CSAS based solutions. Thus TH and CSAS are targeting different markets. ● TH
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this study was to show how childhood sexual abuse (CSA) victims often are faced with negative psychological and emotional consequences which have profound effects on their lives‚ as well as their sexuality. The intent of the authors was to show the occurrence of CSA among different women populations‚ and how it negatively affects them for the rest of their lives. The authors also discuss different suggestions for counselors dealing with these CSA victims‚ and how they must have a vast understanding
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advantage in the CSAS market if they divert their attention to TH | * TH will prevent SaleSoft from partnering with consultants | * SaleSoft has promised the delivery of the remaining modules of PROCEED to current customers by June 1998 | * Twenty Prospects for PROCEED want to see completed product before making any purchase commitments | * Microsoft and Lotus are planning to enter the TH market‚ thereby‚ making competition tight. There are no big players in the CSAS domain‚ making
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Reconciling internalization theory and the eclectic paradigm ! ∀ # ∃ % &∋∋( ))%∗∃∗+ ∀ ‚−− .−/ − & ∀ # . 0 1 ∀ 0 0 ‚! & 0& ! ∋ 2 3 ∀ 4 3 & #
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so their strategy had to change. The changing nature of warfare was the most important factor in the war going on for as long as it did‚ making it more significant than the poor initial US strategy‚ the contributions of Lee‚ and the strengths of the CSA at the beginning of the war. The changing nature of warfare was the most important reason for the North not beating the South sooner‚ because it meant that a new style of warfare‚ total war or war of attrition‚ had to be implemented into the North’s
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and help prevent child sexual abuse • Introduction • Statistics • What does child sexual abuse (CSA) mean • How common is child sexual abuse • The consequences of child sexual abuse • Breaking the Silence on child sexual abuse • How mainstream media can help in the prevention of child sexual abuse • 7 Steps in the Healing Process • Conclusion Introduction Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a hot topic these days on the Oprah Winfrey show. Over the past twenty years‚ Ms. Winfrey‚ a sex
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