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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter One Introduction: The Male Problem of Child Sex Offending -- A. The Research Issues -- B. Some Caveats -- C. An Historical Framework in which to Examine the Motivations of Male Child Sex Offenders -- (i) Child Prostitution and the Sexual Slave Trade -- (ii) The Social Purity Movement in England and Australia -- (iii) Protecting Men from False Accusations -- (iv) The Criminalisation of Incest in Australia -- (v) The Criminalisation of Incest in England -- (vi) Conclusion -- D. Definitions and Terminology Used in this Book -- Chapter Two Current Explanations of Child Sexual Abuse -- Child Sex Offending: Violence, Sex, Power, Dysfunctional Families or Just Plain Deviance? -- (i) Introduction -- (ii) An Analysis of Child Sexual Abuse as a Function of Family Pathology -- (iii) Sexually Coercive Behaviour: A Case of Biological Propensity or Culturally Influenced Behaviour? -- (iv) The Relationship between Power and Child Sexual Abuse -- (v) Child Sexual Abuse as a Sociological Phenomenon -- (vi) Psychological Theories of Child Sex Offenders and 'Good' and 'Bad' Masculine Sexuality -- (vii) The Characteristics of Child Sex Offenders -- (viii) The Multi-Factorial Analysis of Child Sexual Abuse -- (ix) Conclusion -- Chapter Three Masculinities and Sexualities: A Sociological Theory of Child Sexual Abuse -- A. Introduction -- B. The Role of Power and Sexuality in the Making (and Unmaking) of Men -- (i) Gender as Social Practice -- (ii) Social Practices of Masculinity and Structures of Power -- (iii) The Centrality of Heterosexism to Masculine Sexual Ideals -- (iv) Masculine Sexual Practices -- (v) 'Pedosexuality' as a Specific Masculine Sexual Practice -- (vi) Blurring the Distinction between Pathology and Normality.

Two socioemotional factors were explored in association with children's production of forensic information during sexual abuse investigations: rapport building and interviewer's support. The study tested to what extent (a) the length and questioning style in the rapport-building session and (b) the level of support interviewers provided to the children, were associated with the amount of forensic details children provided in their investigation. These associations were explored for more talkative and less talkative children as well as for children of two age groups (4-6 and 7-9 years). A total of 71 forensic interviews of alleged victims of child sexual abuse were subject to a detailed psycholinguistic analysis. Results suggest that richer information in the child's responses is associated with a short and open style rapport-building session as well as with a higher level of interviewer's support. This association is especially marked for less talkative children who might be in special need of support and for whom the rapport with the interviewer might be more meaningful.

Part I. Examining Child Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders -- 1. Capturing the Research Journey: An Introduction -- 2. A Story of Language, Meaning and Power -- Part II. The Women's Stories -- 3. The Female Body as a Site of Opposition -- 4. Masking the Self -- 5. Cleanliness and Purification -- 6. Beauty Politics in Eating Disorders -- 7. Situating Silence in Child Sexual Abuse -- 8. Conclusion: Beyond Illness and Pathology.

The study on girl child sexual abuse and whose findings are presented in this article
was conducted in 2010 as an academic requirement for the purpose of completing a
Master's degree in Gender Studies at the University of Zambia.
This article outlines issues of sexual abuse and the various reasons why under-age
girls are more vulnerable to sexual abuse, cultural beliefs with regard to sexual abuse,
gender and power relations and sexual abuse, and existing community programmes and
knowledge levels, and institutional mechanisms of the sexual abuse case reporting in
Lusaka urban. The article has drawn conclusions and recommendations for enhancing
the protection of the children against child sexual abuse. By conducting a study that
comprehensively assesses the types of programmes and perceived implementation
gaps from Lusaka, this report poses specific policy and structural recommendations
on how best to address the existing problem of increased vulnerability of under-age
girls to sexual abuse.
Child sexual abuse is a form of abuse in which a child is abused for the sexual
gratification of an adult or older adolescent (CHIN, 2005: 53). Child sexual abuse is
the actual or the likely sexual exploitation of a child and includes rape, incest and all
forms of sexual activity (VSO, 2008: 2). In Zambia, anyone under the age of sixteen
is classified as a child.
Researchers cite various reasons why child sexual abuse is so common: Gender
power relations (patriarchy views which place women and children in lower positions),
poverty, a legacy of violent homes, power relations between children and adults, and
cultural beliefs.
The research was an exploratory study undertaken in Lusaka urban and endeavored
to explore why the problem of sexual abuse was persistent and why under-age children
were vulnerable to it. Using purposive and simple random sampling, a sample size of
seventy was arrived at and both qualitative and quantitative approaches of research
were employed. The data was then analysed manually and by Statistical Package for
Social Science (SPSS).
The institutions visited were: Ministry of Community Development and Social
Welfare, Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust, The Child Protection Unit of
the Zambia Police Service, Young Women Christian Association, Isubilo Orphanage
and Drop-in Centre and Jesus Cares Ministries Orphanage. Additionally, community
members from Chawama, Mtendere and Kabwata compounds were interviewed for
more insight into the study.
The study results showed that under-age girl-children were more vulnerable to sexual
abuse because they were easy to coerce, threaten, lure and could be more trusting
than much older girls. Further, the study revealed that gender-power relations, power
relations between children and adults, cultural beliefs and community programmes on
sexual abuse played a role in girl child sexual abuse.
The overall study recommendations were coined from the outcomes and
conclusions made in the study as follows: children needed more focused education
to increase their knowledge about child sexual abuse; intensify funding injections
into already functional community and school programmes, for example the School
Liaison Programme under the Zambia Police Service; putting in place a holistic
approach to sensitise community members centring on encroaching cultural norms
and practices that perpetrate child sexual abuse; there was need to intensify and widen
the coverage of programmes on child sexual abuse clearly stipulating and defining
types of sexual abuse; the law and punishment for perpetrators; perceived gaps in the
awareness programmes and institutional mechanism for sexual abuse case reporting
was bureaucratically long, long court procedures and negative cultural doctrines also
played a role and as such needed attention.

Indicators of child sexual abuse in male victims are identified and discussed. It is estimated that between 46,000 and 96,000 male children are sexually abused each year. In 1979, only 7,600 cases were reported by professionals. Awareness of indicators will lead to early treatment of victims.

This article explores the broader context in which child sexual abuse occurs and the ethic of blame with respect to mothers of victims. It is based on in-depth interviews with 24 mothers after their children's disclosure, interviews with 15 experts in this area, and an analysis of child welfare case records. It concludes that policy and practice based on familist ideology results in a service delivery system that is insen sitive to the needs and rights of women and sexually abused children.

Modification of civil and criminal law in some states allows videotaped child sexual abuse interviews to be used as courtroom evidence. When interviewing a child victim, the social worker must comply with legal requirements. This article describes appropriate interview techniques.

Chapter 1 Introduction to child sexual abuse online -- Chapter 2 Online child sexual abuse and modus operandi -- Chapter 3 Law enforcement perspective -- Chapter 4 Legislature and judicial perspective -- Chapter 5 Parental Perspective -- Chapter 6 Victim rehabilitation, incident prevention and mitigation -- Chapter 7 Efforts Taken by Law Enforcement Agencies Across India -- Chapter 8 Roadmap ahead and recommendations -- Chapter 9 Conclusions -- Chapter 10 Outlook.

Spektakuläre Fälle von sexualisierter Gewalt an Kindern (SGK; Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)) dominieren immer wieder die Medienberichterstattung und formen so unser Wissen über ein ebenso sensibles wie tabuisiertes Thema. Es fehlt bis dato ein wissenschaftlicher Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Medienberichterstattung über SGK. Dieses Buch versucht, die Zusammenhänge zwischen SKG und den Medien auf unterschiedliche Weise zu beleuchten, indem es verschiedene Studien und Perspektiven von Praktikern einbezieht. Es bietet somit einen umfassenden Überblick über relevante Aspekte, die im Zusammenhang mit CSA und den Medien angesprochen werden.

Intro -- Title Page -- Introduction -- Interpreting the Data -- I. The Scope of the Problem -- Characteristics of Offenders and Victims -- II. Guidelines for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse -- A. Pre-Employment Screening and Background Investigations -- B. Supervision of Staff and Volunteers-Policies and Procedures -- C. Reporting Sexual Abuse -- D. Supervision-Physical Design of Facilities -- Concluding Remarks: Where do we go from here? -- Notes -- Appendix 1: State Examples of Mandatory Reporters -- Appendix 2: State Examples of Penalties for Failure to Report and False Reporting -- References -- Additional Sources -- About the Authors.