On the subject of CSA, TIPsters may be interested in the information below. More details can be obtained from www.nspcc.org.uk/search. Search for prevalence study.
Allen Esterson London Material below is extracted from press release on the NSPCC UK prevalence study on physical and sexual abuse published 19th November 2000 NSPCC REPORT SHATTERS CHILD ABUSE MYTHS MYTHS Common stereotypes about child abuse are overturned in the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children�s (NSPCC) largest ever study of child maltreatment. Myth: the most common form of abuse suffered by children at home is sexual abuse. Fact: children are seven times more likely to be beaten badly by their parents than sexually abused by them. Myth: most sexual abuse occurs between fathers and their daughters. Fact: this type of incestuous relationship is rare, occurring in less than four in a thousand cases. The most likely relative to abuse within the family is a brother or stepbrother. Myth: adults are responsible for most sexual violence against children and young people outside the family. Fact: children are most likely to be forced into unwanted sexual activity by other young people, must usually from someone described as a �boyfriend.� Less than three in a thousand of the young people reported sexual behaviour against their wishes with professionals working with children. Myth: sexual attacks on children from strangers are common. Fact: sexual assaults involving contact by strangers are very rare. Even with indecent exposure, only seven per cent of the young people reported ever having been �flashed at�, and just over a third of these said the person was a stranger. SUMMARY OF RESEARCH FINDINGS Child Maltreatment in the United Kingdom is the most authoritative survey of child maltreatment, abuse and neglect yet undertaken in the UK. The study is based on 'random-probability' interviews with 2,869 young people aged 18-24 conducted by survey research company BMRB International between September 1998 and February 1999. This is the only UK study, and one of the few world wide, to examine maltreatment comprehensively, in a large random probability sample of the general population. The 2,869 young people, aged 18-24 years were interviewed using Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) and able to enter their answers directly to ensure confidentiality. They were contacted through addresses taken randomly from the Postcode Address File, the method used in all major national surveys. Sexual abuse of children within the family is less common [than physical abuse]. One per cent of young people were sexually assaulted by a parent or carer. Three per cent of the young people suffered sexual abuse by another relative, ranging from penetrative or oral sex to taking pornographic photographs of them. A wide range of - mainly male - relatives were involved, most often brothers or stepbrothers. Girls were far more likely than boys to experience all forms of sexual abuse. Sexual violence is more likely to take place outside the family than within it. One in ten young people had experienced penetrative sex, oral sex or attempts at these against their will by people unrelated to them. Nearly all were people known to the child, most commonly 'boyfriends', friends of brothers or sisters, or fellow students. Many of those who experienced coercive sex acts reported the use of physical force or threat. Girls were far more likely than boys to have experienced coercive sexual activity. Almost one in three young people had never told anyone about their unwanted sexual experiences, and only just over a quarter had sought help at the time. The only category of unwanted sexual activity experienced to any great extent from strangers (usually men) was indecent exposure. But two per cent of the young people reported sexual abuse involving physical contact by a stranger or someone recently met. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
