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Jennifer Martin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Practitioners’ understanding of Child Sexual Abuse images online
    2020
    Co-Authors: Jennifer Martin
    Abstract:

    Practitioners working in the field of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) are uncertain about the effects of Child Sexual Abuse images online (CSAIO) on the Child victims and feel unprepared to work with these Children.

  • Child Sexual Abuse Images Online: Confronting the Problem
    Child & Youth Services, 2015
    Co-Authors: Jennifer Martin, Andrea Slane
    Abstract:

    This Special Issue stems from the international symposium, “Child Sexual Abuse Images Online: Confronting the Problem—Research, Policy, Practice,” which was held at Ryerson University in June 2014 with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The collection of papers in the Issue focus on Child Sexual Abuse images online from the perspectives of Children's mental health, Child protection, and law enforcement. The symposium brought together local and international academics, policymakers, Child advocates, practitioners, law enforcement officers, Child welfare workers, and other key stakeholders who assume various roles and responsibilities in responding to Child Sexual Abuse. Over two days we shared knowledge, experiences, and insights related to the role of technology in Child Sexual Abuse; specifically the implications of Child Sexual Abuse images online. Through presentations, panel discussions, and round-table working group discussions, participants examined a...

Arthur H Green - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Child Sexual Abuse immediate and long term effects and intervention
    Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1993
    Co-Authors: Arthur H Green
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    ABSTRACT Objective The primary purpose of this review is to highlight the progress made in the area of Child Sexual Abuse during the recent decade and to identify the gaps in our current knowledge about this syndrome. Method More than 100 articles on Child Sexual Abuse were reviewed, the majority written from 1980 to the present concerning the demographics of Child Sexual Abuse, the psychological effects of Child Sexual victimization, the psychopathology encountered in adult survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, hypotheses regarding the nature of the trauma, a critique of the research, and approaches to intervention. Results Although a wide variety of psychological sequelae have been documented in Sexually Abused Children referred for evaluation or treatment, there appears to be considerable variability in the severity of the symptoms, and we remain ignorant of sequelae in Abused Children who never enter the mental health system. However, some of these Children may become symptomatic in adult life. Validation of Sexual Abuse is hampered by the lack of specific behavioral markers. Methodological difficulties in Child Sexual Abuse research include problems with definition, failure to measure severity of the Abuse, sampling problems, failure to use standardized or appropriate instruments, problems with validation, and failure to use control groups. Conclusions Despite an increased focus on Child Sexual Abuse in the recent decade, many gaps remain in our knowledge. Prospective longitudinal follow-up studies of Sexually Abused Children and treatment outcome studies are urgently needed.

John Brown - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Andrea Slane - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Child Sexual Abuse Images Online: Confronting the Problem
    Child & Youth Services, 2015
    Co-Authors: Jennifer Martin, Andrea Slane
    Abstract:

    This Special Issue stems from the international symposium, “Child Sexual Abuse Images Online: Confronting the Problem—Research, Policy, Practice,” which was held at Ryerson University in June 2014 with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The collection of papers in the Issue focus on Child Sexual Abuse images online from the perspectives of Children's mental health, Child protection, and law enforcement. The symposium brought together local and international academics, policymakers, Child advocates, practitioners, law enforcement officers, Child welfare workers, and other key stakeholders who assume various roles and responsibilities in responding to Child Sexual Abuse. Over two days we shared knowledge, experiences, and insights related to the role of technology in Child Sexual Abuse; specifically the implications of Child Sexual Abuse images online. Through presentations, panel discussions, and round-table working group discussions, participants examined a...

Benjamin P. Mathews - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Mandatory reporting laws and Child Sexual Abuse
    2020
    Co-Authors: Benjamin P. Mathews
    Abstract:

    This was an invited presentation delivered to members of the UK House of Lords and other government and non-government stakeholders in May 2019. England and Wales do not have a legislative mandatory reporting duty to report Child Sexual Abuse, and the presentation was requested to provide information about the nature of such laws, and their impact in lived experience, to inform future discussions about potential law reform. The presentation largely mirrored the invited presentation delivered by the same author to the England and Wales Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, in April 2019. The first part of the presentation provides a general background to mandatory reporting laws for Child Sexual Abuse. It explains the nature, origin and purpose of mandatory reporting laws, and situates them as one part of a Child protection system, commonly adopted by countries worldwide. It discusses rationales for introducing a mandatory reporting law for Child Sexual Abuse, and distinguishes duties under a mandatory reporting law from other duties to report Child Sexual Abuse in law and policy. It then contrasts mandatory reporting laws for Sexual Abuse only, with reporting laws for other types of maltreatment (physical Abuse, emotional Abuse, neglect, and exposure to domestic violence). Important points are made about systemic responses to reports, and measures of effectiveness. The second part of the presentation discusses the impact of mandatory reporting laws for Child Sexual Abuse in Australia. It discusses the findings of five different empirical studies into mandatory reporting laws for Child Sexual Abuse at national and state levels, with these studies having been led by the author (citations of the published studies are provided). The studies’ findings provide insights into five important questions. First, what happens before and after introducing a mandatory reporting law for Child Sexual Abuse, regarding numbers and outcomes of reports, investigated reports, and substantiated reports? Second, what are the long-term trends in numbers and outcomes of reports of Child Sexual Abuse where mandatory reporting of Child Sexual Abuse is introduced? Third, what is the difference in numbers and outcomes of reports of Child Sexual Abuse in two comparable jurisdictions, where only one has a mandatory reporting law? Fourth, how do reports of Child Sexual Abuse differ from reports of other kinds of Abuse and neglect? Fifth, how do reports of Child Sexual Abuse differ from reports of other kinds of Abuse and neglect over time? Outcomes of all five studies indicate a mandatory reporting law for Child Sexual Abuse will have significant positive effects on case identification and Child protection, without causing intolerable systems burden

  • Progress in prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: Reforms to law, policy and practice after Australia’s Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses Into Child Sexual Abuse
    2020
    Co-Authors: Benjamin P. Mathews
    Abstract:

    The Australian Government Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses Into Child Sexual Abuse delivered its final report in December 2017. This federal government inquiry was instituted due to multiple revelations of endemic Child Sexual Abuse, especially in religious institutions, and cover-ups of this Abuse. It had unprecedented scope, being conducted over 5 years, by six Commissioners, supported by funding of nearly $400 million. This presentation describes the nature of the Royal Commission and its activities. It summarises its major recommendations, and focuses on five major areas of progress and reform since its conclusion: the nature and operation of Australia’s National Redress Scheme; legislative reforms to civil statutes of limitation, which allow those who have experienced Child Sexual Abuse to bring a claim at any time after the event; legislative reforms to duties to report known and suspected Child Sexual Abuse; reforms to the regulation of Child and youth-serving organisations, which require implementation of strategies to reduce the likelihood of Child Sexual Abuse, and to ensure appropriate responses if it does occur; and the imperative to conduct a national study to generate benchmark data on the prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse.

  • Teacher education to meet the challenges of Child Sexual Abuse
    2020
    Co-Authors: Benjamin P. Mathews
    Abstract:

    The phenomenon of Child Sexual Abuse has significant implications for teachers’ pre-service training and professional development. Teachers have a pedagogical role in dealing with Abused Children, and a legal and professional duty to report suspected Child Sexual Abuse. Teachers require support and training to develop the specialised knowledge and confidence needed to deal with this complex context. This article explains the social context of Child Sexual Abuse, its health and educational consequences, and the legal context, showing why teachers require this specialised training. It then reports on findings from an Australian study into the amount of training received by teachers about Child Sexual Abuse, and teachers’ satisfaction with that training. Results have implications for teacher training strategies in pre-service and in-service settings.