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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Gender & Culture Sexual Socialization 3-10-2011 Growing up in a small midwestern town in northern Minnesota I felt secluded from the reality of sex and how it played a role in my life. Appropriate sexual behavior was something that I was being taught by from two different places that are also two agents of socialization. My church and school both had very different views on what was deemed “appropriate sexual behavior” but both clearly explain the purposes of there opinion
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and help victims of sexual misconducts. According to the Nova campus police website‚ if a complaint needs to be made these are the department to turn to; Deans of Students‚ Director of Human Resources‚ College Police‚ Sexual Assault Services‚ Title IX Coordinator – Mr. Therman Coles and NovaCare. These departments work together and individually to insure security on campus. Nova is structured in a way that students or faculty have a place to turn to if any complains on sexual misconducts takes place
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University of Namibia Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Sociology Research paper in Sociology The effects and impacts of sexual harassment on students as well as the nature of sexual harassment at the University of Namibia’s main campus. By Selma P Shilunga Supervisor: Dr Lucy Edwards-Jauch November 2013 Table of Content Declaration………………………………………………………………………… 5 Acknowledgement …………….…..……………………………………………… 6 Dedication….……………………………………………………………………… 7
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decade ago‚ there have been noticing an increase on awareness of sexual harassment at workplace‚ since the rising of sexual harassment practice at workplace. The rise of sexual harassment begun as females enters the workforce. A research conducted at UK‚ shows that around 60% of females at work and 90% of female undergraduates experiences sexual harassment (Wilson‚ 1995) Despite that‚ there are many cases of female who do not report on sexual harassment (Davidson and Cooper‚ 1993; Kingsmill‚ 1989) Known
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Scope…………………………………………………………………3 Discussion……………………………………………………… 4 4 Causes………………………………………………………………… 4 Types of sexual abuse………………………………………………. Warning signs of sexual abuse……………………………………..5 5 Psychological harm…………………………………………………. Physical harm……………………………………………………….6 Recovery…………………………………………………………….6 6 Child sexual abuse in Lebanon…………………………………... Reaction to sexual abuse…………………………………………13 Conclusion …………………………………………………… 15 Recommendations………………………………………… 15 References……………………………………………………
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Child Sexual Abuse CONTENT PAGE 1. Introduction Page 1 2. Case Study Page 1 3. How this Affects learners Page 2 4. Policies and Procedures Page 2 5. Raising Awareness Page 3 6. Conclusion Page 3 7. References Page 4 Appendix 1. INTRODUCTION Research indicates that 1 out of every 4 children will be the victim of sexual abuse before reaching
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With statistics like that it emphasis how big of a problem sexual assault is on campuses. Today Universities are attempting to minimize the prevalence of sexual assault by enacting informational catchy slogans that will distract the student body into thinking sexual assault can be stopped with that alone. The University of Virginia for example began a “Not on Our Grounds” campaign with hope that it will reduce the prevalence of sexual violence; however‚ due to the cultural drinking practices in
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Child sexual abuse has been occurring from time to time in our world today. It is one of the many dark sides of humankind although how civilized we think we are. It is believed that child sexual abuse happens in all races‚ ethnics‚ social groups and religious backgrounds. The average age of a child being sexually abused is between nine and eleven. Although the number of cases of child sexual abuse reported has declined considerably since the 1990s‚ the number is still far from comforting. In the
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Introduction How can we really define rape when alcohol is involved? Alcohol-related sexual assault is a very common occurrence amongst college students‚ especially when they know each other. These situations often occur at house parties‚ sororities‚ or even at parents’ houses. Alcohol has always been used as an excuse for committing such horrendous actions. Even though alcohol consumption disrupts higher-order cognitive processes such as conceptualization‚ planning and problem solving‚ people
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