Дисертації: "Child sexual abuse; Child sexual abuse – Prevention; Sex crimes"

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Lee, Susan Speicher. "Sexual abuse and stunted spirituality." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Edney, Raymonde Janet. "The relationship between sexual abuse and juvenile prostitution in females." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31109.

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The relationship between sexual abuse and juvenile prostitution is explored through interviews with eight women who had had both of these experiences in their lives. Analysis of the narrative data identified both social-structural and intra-psychic factors that played a role in leading these sexual abuse survivors into juvenile prostitution. Social-structural factors are defined as the cultural and societal conditions within which children are raised and socialised and within which they must learn to function. The social-structural factors identified by this study were cultural factors, gender stereotyping, the family, the schools, social networks, social service agencies, employment opportunities, religious institutions, sexual abuse and entrance into prostitution. Social-structural factors affect the individual at the intra-psychic or psychological level. Intra-psychic factors identified here were alienation, identity and personal control. Sullivan's (1984) theory of critical interpretation was used to examine the limiting effects of the social structures on the lives, behavior and choices of these women. This research found that sexual abuse and the victims' responses to sexual abuse prepared and trained the young girls for prostitution. Further, alienation appeared to be a major determining factor that combined with the presence of sexual abuse influenced the outcome of juvenile prostitution. Finally, these young women found that their personal control was limited and restricted by the social structures that maintained social control.
Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Belanger, Sarah Guillaume. "Three studies of sexual offenders : Female perpetrated sexual victimization, Comparison of male and female perpetrated sexual victimization, and Escalation histories : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5867.

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Van, der Merwe Annette. "Aspects of the sentencing process in child sexual abuse cases." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003211.

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This thesis investigates current sentencing practices relating to the diverse, complex and emotionally laden phenomenon of child sexual abuse. It focuses on relevant legislative provisions, on case law and on an empirical study conducted amongst regional court magistrates. Trends, developments and problems are analysed and possible solutions to the main problems identified are investigated. The thesis concludes with proposed guidelines regarding the sentencing process in child sexual abuse cases. Such guidelines address general and specific principles, the use of victim impact statements, the increased recognition and use of behavioural science in the sentencing phase with regard to both the victim and the offender, and relevant aggravating and mitigating factors. The guidelines are an attempt to give some structure to the current haphazard approach adopted by the courts with regard to harm experienced by the victim. They are also aimed at assisting experts to provide more effective and reliable pre-sentence reports. Further, the thesis attempts to provide clarity concerning the factors that are considered to be aggravating or mitigating in the offence category, child sexual abuse, as well as with regard to the weight that should be attached to them. In addition, recommendations are made for the purpose of possible law reform and further research in relation to the regulation of judicial discretion through the introduction of formal sentencing guidelines, victim impact statements and the accommodation of behavioural science in the sentencing process pertaining to sexual offenders. This proposal is based on current South African sentencing practices as reflected in the consolidation of local judgments scattered over many years in different law reports and, to some extent, on English, Canadian, Australian and American sentencing practices as researched in this study.

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Lincoln, Misti Joy Woolery. "A balm in Gilead the role of the church in healing and prevention of child sexual abuse /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Chiotti, Jennifer Marie. "The "illusive" female sex offender a quantitative content analysis of media exposure /." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Summer2009/j_chiotti_071409.pdf.

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McLeod, David Axlyn. "The Impact of Perpetrator Gender on Child Protective Services Sexual Abuse Cases: A National Picture." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2970.

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Child sexual assault is a problem of epidemic proportions in the United States with some research suggesting up to one fifth of our nations children being victimized before reaching adulthood. Research has suggested females could be responsible for up to 20% of child sexual abuse cases, and at the same time only represent only 1% of sexual offenders incarcerated the US. This creates a situation where a large group of relatively under-researched offenders are evading detection. Numerous calls for further research have been made, but relatively few studies have had the ability to shed significant light on this phenomenon on a national level. This project utilizes a dataset of virtually every reported child protective services case in the United States for the fiscal year 2010 in order to investigate the dynamics of perpetrator gender on child sexual offending in substantiated cases. Offense characteristics, as well as case level components, were assessed to investigate not only the differences in offending behavior but also the ways gender affects how offenders enter and exit our child protective systems and the services they receive while there. Extensive differences were uncovered as related to perpetrator gender. Models were informed by the female sexual offending literature. Practice and policy implications are discussed.

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Anderson, Diane Hutt. "Sexual abuse as a determinant of female amphetamine abuse." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/716.

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Bouse, Kirstin Leigh. "Community attitudes and the role of the victim offender relationship in child sexual abuse cases." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1364.

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Past research has illustrated that communily attitudes tend not to be reflected in crime legislation particularly when considering the victim-offender relationship and perceived seriousness of child sexual abuse. This study examined the effects of 4 different victimoffender relationships and the degree of trust within these relationships on perceptions of offence seriousness and emotional and physical harm, for the offence of indecently dealing with a 14-year old girl. One hundred and sixty community members used a 7- point scale to rate the degree of trust within these relationships, the seriousness of the offence and the emotional and physical harm suffered by the victim. Four two-way ANOVAs and one correlation were perfonned. Results showed that the victim-offender relationship failed to influence perceptions of offence seriousness, emotional and physical harm. Although the ratings of trust differed across the 4 relationship types, trust failed to significantly influence perceptions of offence seriousness, emotional and physical harm. Women were found to rate the offence as more serious and harmful than men. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed.

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Pashak, Darlene. "Exploring the relationship between adolescent sex abusers and attachment : a literature review." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=78188.

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This study examined the relationship between attachment and adolescent sex abusers through a literature review. Due to the dearth of literature on this subject, separate literature reviews were conducted on attachment theory and on predisposing factors to adolescent sex abusing. The results indicated that a causal relationship between attachment and the development of adolescent sex abusers is unlikely; however, insecure attachment styles were found to be one of many factors related to adolescent sex abusing. Theories related to emotional stress, the developmental stage of adolescence, intergenerational transmission and sibling incest were generated within the theoretical context of attachment. A typology was constructed that suggests how different attachment styles may be associated with various types of adolescent sex abusers. Implications for primary prevention, treatment interventions and research were discussed.

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Machado, Talita Ferreira Alves. "Criança vítima de pedofilia: fatores de risco e danos sofridos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/2/2136/tde-13022014-111701/.

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A temática da pedofilia é complexa, polêmica e emergente. A pedofilia, no entanto, não implica necessariamente no cometimento de atos abusivos contra as crianças, sendo possível que as fantasias sexuais do pedófilo jamais saiam de sua mente. Por outro lado, caso referido distúrbio sexual ultrapasse os limites do imaginário do indivíduo que dele é portador, estará configurado o abuso sexual infantil. Relevante observar que não apenas o indivíduo portador de pedofilia pratica atos que caracterizam abuso sexual infantil, mas também os denominados abusadores oportunistas ou ocasionais. Na relação pedófilo-criança, a opção pelo estudo da criança neste trabalho justifica-se, sobretudo, porque é ela quem ocupa a posição de vítima e, como tal, não se duvida que seus prejuízos sejam maiores em decorrência dos atos abusivos praticados. De fato, relevante assumir um olhar benevolente para aquela que, subjugada pelo abuso, necessita, de alguma forma, encontrar amparo que a possa resgatar dessa situação. Menciona-se, nesta dissertação, que historicamente as crianças sempre foram vítimas de atos de violência e que a temática do abuso sexual infantil compreende outras noções igualmente polêmicas, dentre as quais se podem destacar a sexualidade infantil e o incesto. Nesse passo, é dito que a existência de uma sexualidade infantil saudável constitui aspecto relevante para o pleno desenvolvimento da criança. Demonstra-se que o abuso sexual infantil tem a peculiaridade de se revestir da característica do segredo, ou seja, de um silêncio que encobre as práticas abusivas perpetradas contra a criança, de forma que fica garantida a perpetuação do abuso ao longo do tempo, sendo notável a cifra negra relativamente a essas práticas. Com relação ao estudo do abuso sexual infantil praticado por portadores de pedofilia, justifica-se o enfoque em virtude das circunstâncias de sedução e engodo que envolvem a atuação pedofílica e que potencializam o trauma vivenciado pela vítima. Nesse contexto, retrospectivamente ao abuso, verifica-se a existência de fatores de risco para sua ocorrência, bem como se mencionam teorias sobre a vítima. Ressalta-se que a criança e o abusador ocupam posições nitidamente distintas na relação de poder que se estabelece entre eles e se enfatiza a necessidade de investigar quais dessas crianças, que já são vulneráveis por si só, apresentam-se no grupo de risco para a vitimização. São apontados fatores de risco para a vitimização, dentre os quais, sexo, idade, isolamento social e relações conflituosas com os pais ou entre eles. Descreve-se o processo de aproximação entre o pedófilo e a vítima, bem como se analisam os danos sofridos pela criança vitimada. São fornecidos critérios para o diagnóstico do abuso sexual infantil e elencados fatores capazes de potencializar o trauma da vitimização. Descrevem-se os efeitos iniciais e a longo prazo do abuso e, por fim, refletindo-se sobre os fatores de risco, anteriores ao abuso e, sobre os danos, a ele posteriores, salienta-se a importância da tomada de atitudes preventivas e reparatórias do abuso sexual infantil, todas pautadas em ações multissetoriais e interdisciplinares.
Pedophilia is a complex, emergent and polemic theme. However, pedophilia does not imply committing abusive acts against children; once it is possible the pedophile sexual fantasy never emerges out of his mind. On the other hand, in case such sexual deviance exceed the limits of the persons imagination, then the child sex abuse is configured. It is relevant to observe that not only the pedophile practices acts which can be qualified as childs sex abuse, but also those acts practiced by opportunists or occasional abusers. Within the pedophile-childs relationship, the option for a study of the child is justifiable, mainly because it holds the position of victim and, as such, there cannot be any doubt that the damages are larger as a result of the abuse acts. In fact, a benevolent eye is set upon the child who suffered the abuse and needs, somehow, to receive the necessary support to rescue it from this situation. It is mentioned, in this paper, that historically children have always been victims of violence acts, and that the theme of child sex abuse comprises other aspects equally polemic, among which we can detach infantile sexuality and incest. In this connection, it is said that the existence of a healthy infantile childhood is relevant for the full development of children. It is pointed out that the child sex abuse has the peculiarity of being involved in a climate of secrecy, i.e. the silence covering abusive practices against children, so that the maintenance of the abuse is kept for a long time, the black cipher on this context being notable. With reference to the study of child sex abuse practiced by pedophilists, this focus is justifiable, in view of the seduction and deception involving pedophilic activities, which contribute to potentiate the trauma experienced by the victim. In this sense, it is said there are risk factors which precede the abuse, as well as theories about the victim are mentioned. It is noteworthy that the child and the abuser occupy distinct positions in the power relationship between them, and we must emphasize the need for investigation about which of the children, vulnerable by themselves, are on the victimization risk group. Risk factors for victimization are pointed out, such as, sex, age, social isolation and conflict relations with parents or between them. The process of approximation between the pedophile and the victim is indicated, as well as de damages suffered by the victim child. Criteria are supplied for the diagnosis of infant sex abuse, and factors capable of potentiating the victimization trauma are indicated. The initial and long-term abuse effects are described and, finally, considering the reflections on the risk factors prior to the abuse and on the damages after it, emphasizing the importance of taking preventive and remedial actions on infantile sex abuse, all of them based on multi-sector and multidisciplinary actions.

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Saunders, Marilyn C. "Adolescent girls testifying in a criminal court in cases of sexual abuse or rape a narrative analysis /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04292008-110951.

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Solari, Pauline. "Searching for ways to voice women's truths : a feminist interpretation of the Badgley report." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61146.

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This study records an attempt to apply feminist epistemology to the conduct and communication of social science research, specifically of the Badgley Report. When I began, I wanted to understand why and how mainstream social science research persists in evading feminist analysis of the problem of child sexual abuse, despite agreement on incidence and perpetrators. I also wanted to find ways of producing knowledge that did not either evade nor postpone voicing the truths of women's and children's experiences of child sexual abuse. I have learned that commitment to a feminist framework requires critical consciousness of all aspects of the processes by which knowledge is constructed, including the relationship and interaction between the writer and reader of research. Thus, what I have attempted to do in this thesis is to communicate feminist research processes through both the form and the content of my report.

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Chetty, Kasturi. "Child sex tourism in South African law." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/485.

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Child sex tourism is tourism organised with the primary purpose of facilitating a commercial sexual relationship with a child. It involves a segment of the local child sex industry that is directly connected to both an international and domestic tourist market. The increase of tourism has brought with it complications in that tourism is being used as a means for sex tourists to initiate contact with children. Aside from child sex tourists who are paedophiles, there are those who engage in the opportunistic exploitation of children while travelling on business or for other reasons. There are a number of social and economic factors leading to child sex tourism and the effect is that child victims are exposed to immediate harm, irreversible damage and even death. As South Africa's tourism industry expands into one of the country’s top earners of foreign currency, it is unfortunate to note that its child sex tourist trade is also on the increase. Reports show that sex tours are as easily organised as wine route tours in Cape Town. Commercial sexual exploitation of children is prevalent in South Africa and has become more organised in recent years. A comprehensive response to the problem is essential to ensure that South Africa does not become a “safe haven” for child sex tourists. Effective laws at home and the extraterritorial application of these laws to prosecute South African nationals for crimes committed abroad are imperative. Significant steps are being taken both nationally and internationally to target child sex tourism. South Africa has ratified several international instruments on children’s rights, trafficking in persons, child labour, and discrimination against women and young girls, all of which relate to child sex tourism. In doing so, South Africa has made an international commitment to uphold the provisions of these instruments and give effect to them. South Africa is therefore under an international obligation to create the necessary structures and apply mechanisms and resources to combat child sex tourism.

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Campbell, Joan. "Social work prevention programmes for pre-teen sexual offenders." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/991.

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Oliveira, Laíze Fonseca. "Perfil da violência sexual contra crianças e adolescentes em Sergipe : dados da capital e do interior." Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social, 2013. http://ri.ufs.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5949.

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Violence against children and teenagers includes situations of sexual abuse both inside and outside the family, as well as situations concerning sexual exploitation where a mercantile dimension is clearly present. This study was performed by means of a documental research involving 579 cases registered in 2010 and 2011 in the Serviço de Atendimento a Vítimas de Violência Sexual de Sergipe (SAVVS), located at Maternidade Nossa Senhora de Lourdes (MNSL), and also 222 cases extracted from police records from the Delegacia de Atendimento aos Grupos Vulneráveis (DAGV), aiming at analyzing and characterizing situations of sexual violence against children and teenagers. The characterization of the cases registered at SAVVS implies that 86,5% of victims are female, 56,5% are children (61,5% in the countryside and 32,1% in the capital), and 89,7% of perpetrators are people known to the victim, 94,1% being male. 31,4% of the perpetrators are victims relatives. As to the places where the aggression were committed, it is worth noting that 62,2% of victims were assaulted at their family s residence. There were no significant differences concerning the age of victims in the countryside or the capital, just as there was no difference concerning the place where aggression was perpetrated and the characterization of aggressors in the countryside and the capital. A comparison concerning the service flow was also drawn, with the purpose of knowing if victims searched for continued service after leaving the police station, and the result indicates that only in 176 out of 222 cases the victims maintained a continued service process and went to the SAVVS. In general, results point to a characterization of sexual violence in Sergipe according to what the scholarship states about other areas in Brazil, with similar dynamics between countryside and capital. This study can be seen as the first one which is dedicated to statistics of sexual violence against children and teenagers in the past few years in the state of Sergipe. Therefore, it shall contribute to the development of strategies to protect children and teenagers, providing scientific foundations to interventionist actions.
A violência sexual infanto-juvenil engloba tanto as situações de abuso sexual intra e extrafamiliar como as situações de exploração sexual nas quais a dimensão mercantil está nitidamente presente. Realizou-se uma pesquisa documental com 579 casos registrados nos anos de 2010 e 2011 do Serviço de Atendimento a Vítimas de Violência Sexual (SAVVS) de Sergipe que funciona na Maternidade Nossa Senhora de Lourdes (MNSL) e com 222 casos de inquéritos policiais da Delegacia de Atendimento aos Grupos Vulneráveis (DAGV), objetivando caracterizar e analisar as situações de violência sexual contra crianças e adolescentes nestes locais. A caracterização dos casos registrados no SAVVS aponta que 86,5% das vítimas são do sexo feminino, 56,5% são crianças (61,5% no interior e 32,1% na capital) e que 89,7% dos agressores são pessoas conhecidas da vítima, sendo 94,1% do total do sexo masculino. Entre estes agressores 31,4% caracterizam familiares das vítimas. Quanto ao local da agressão, é destacado que 62,2% sofreram na própria residência da família. Não houve diferenças significativas quanto à idade das vitimas no interior e capital, assim como não houve diferença quanto ao local da violência e quanto à caracterização dos agressores do interior e capital. Foi feita uma comparação também com relação ao fluxo de atendimento, procurando saber se as vítimas que saem da Delegacia seguem com o atendimento e o resultado aponta que dos 222 casos apenas 176 continuaram com o processo de atendimento e foram para o SAVVS. Em geral, os resultados apontam para uma caracterização da violência sexual em Sergipe de acordo com o que aponta a literatura sobre outras áreas do país, tendo uma dinâmica semelhante entre interior e capital. Este estudo se caracteriza como o primeiro relacionando às estatísticas da violência sexual contra crianças e adolescentes nos últimos anos no Estado de Sergipe, dessa forma virá a contribuir com estratégias de proteção a crianças e adolescentes, com o sentido de garantir respaldo científico para ações intervencionistas.

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Tews, Hayley Lauren. "The Effects of Offender Age and Offender-Victim Relationship on Modus Operandi Strategies to Lure the Victim." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1040.

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Research on the modus operandi (“method of operation”) of child sexual abuse (CSA) offenders has been useful in informing successful prevention programs (LeClerc, 2009). However, a gap in the literature regarding the strategies offenders use to lure potential CSA victims still remains. The present study seeks to examine the effects of offender-victim relationship and offender age on the use of strategies to lure victims for the purpose of committing CSA. Data for this study is taken from a larger investigation which included 854 identified adolescent and adult CSA offenders from nine different states. A 2 X 2 MANCOVA analysis revealed significant group differences for the each of the subgroups of interest in their use of threats and coercion to lure victims for the purpose of committing CSA. More specifically, it was found that adolescent CSA offenders utilize threats and coercion with a greater frequency than adult CSA offenders and intra-familial CSA offenders utilize threats and coercion with a greater frequency than extra-familial CSA offenders. Follow up analyses at the item level indicated group differences on multiple items (i.e., specific strategies) comprising the subscales used. The implications of these findings for treatment and prevention work in this area are discussed, as are policy impacts. Finally, suggestions for future research are provided.

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Erickson, Donald A. "The development and implementation of a comprehensive plan to reduce the potential risk of child sexual abuse in the ministries of the Cary-Grove Evangelical Free Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Asubiaro, Omowumi Modupe. "www.crimesagainstchildren.com : addressing child pornography via the Internet in Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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The study focus on child pornography on the Internet as a manifestation of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children. The debate centres around the exacerbated effect of child pornography on victims and subsequent effects on the society. Ultimately, the study aims to highlight the various legal and non-legal responses specific to child pornography on the Internet with a view to proffer solutions to African states on how to deal with the problem. The study also lend an African voice to the ongoing debate on how to deal with the problem of child pornography on the Internet

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Greening, Megan. "Contextualizing the Law: Sentencing Decisions of Sexual Assault Cases of Dallas County, 1999-2005." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5461/.

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The incidence of sexual assault inundates the courts with many cases each year. Given the unique nature of the crime, judges and juries are faced with an array of different scenarios to which they are required to make fair, justifiable and consistent decisions. I examine child sexual assault cases of Dallas County 1999-2005, I look at both legal and extralegal factors including case characteristics, institutional characteristics and characteristics of the defendants and the victims. First, I examine the impact of the independent variables on sentence length using regression analysis to determine influences on sentencing for judges and juries. Second, I examine the same factors using Probit analysis to determine which characteristics make a life sentence more probable for those decision-makers.

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O'Sullivan, Debbie Lee. "Understanding why male juveniles perpetrate: An exploratory study." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2848.

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The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of why social workers believe a male juvenile would commit a sexual abuse act toward another child and how this juvenile should be understood within the social services system and society. Social workers believe interventions are needed once the abuse has occurred.

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Bambacas, Christyana Aspasia. "'The right to feel safe :' a feminist analysis of protective behaviours programmes." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/115704.

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A study which examines, from a feminist viewpoint, the effectiveness of 'protective behaviours' programmes which are aimed at preventing the sexual abuse of children
Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Adelaide, Dept. of Women's Studies, 1997?

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Liggett, Maria. "Families' protection of young children from sexual abuse in Kwanzimakwe." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10160.

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The research study described and explored families’ protection of children from sexual abuse as perceived and experienced by families and community leaders in KwaNzimakwe, KwaZulu-Natal. A social construction and ecosystems perspective was utilised in order to understand the effects of perceptions and socio-cultural factors. The tribal area of KwaNzimakwe provided a context for the study to investigate socio-cultural factors that increase vulnerability among children in post apartheid South Africa. Limited empirical data was however found in relation to locally relevant factors pertinent to families’ protection of children from sexual abuse. The perspective of families and the community was ascertained through the use of qualitative methods of data collection. Ten individual interviews were conducted with family members who had past experiences of child sexual abuse and five focus group discussions were carried out with parents and community leaders. The research revealed misconceptions in relation to child sexual abuse with regards to (1) the definition (2) detection (3) awareness of potential risks. Child sexual abuse was found to be a hidden issue as families protect their name and the community perceive it to be a private matter. The study also showed that families do not report cases of child sexual abuse due to mistrust in the child protection system. Other main findings were that insufficiencies in the child protection system and stigma in the community have detrimental effects on families and victims. The absence of men in families and the absence of adults in the lives of children were found to significantly weaken families’ protection of children from sexual abuse. The study attributed this to factors such as poverty, gender roles and perceptions of men. The study recommends further research on the topic and prevention programmes in South Africa with particular reference to strengthening families and community based approaches.
Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2012.

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Anthony, Inge. "Understanding the experiences of adolescents trafficked for sexual exploitation : informing social work services." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14355.

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The impact of adolescent human trafficking for sexual exploitation is of such a nature that it interferes with the attainment of adolescent developmental tasks that would lead to the ability to become independent adults. This interference offers specific challenges to service providers. The goal of this study was therefore to develop an in-depth understanding of service providers’ perceptions of the experiences of adolescents trafficked for sexual exploitation with a view to inform social work services. The research methodology entailed the use of the contextual, explorative and descriptive research designs within a qualitative approach. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. Data analysis led to the identification of themes, sub-themes and categories that addressed the goal of the study. A literature control was conducted to verify the data and to draw conclusions and make recommendations for social work service delivery.
Social Work
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Van, der Merwe Annette. "Aspects of the sentencing process in child sexual abuse cases /." 2005. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/292/.

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Diamond, Onica. "Exploring intervention experiences of social workers working with child sex offenders." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/20743.

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A RESEARCH REPORT PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK SCHOOL OF HUMAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FACULTY OF HUMANITIES UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND JOHANNESBURG IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE MASTERS OF ARTS IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MARCH, 2016
The cases of children involved in criminal activities are on the increase all over the world, including in South Africa. Offering services to all children and youth, whilst upholding the rights of children, is one of the fields of practice in social work. South Africa has adopted a restorative approach that aims to rehabilitate and return children in conflict with the law back into their communities. At the heart of applying restorative approaches as intervention with children in conflict with the law are social workers. The study attempts to explore the experiences of social workers regarding their intervention strategies with young sexual offenders. The study applied a qualitative approach and narrative research design. Non-probability purposive sampling was used to select 12 research participants from organisations that facilitate diversion programmes for child sex offenders. To ensure trustworthiness of the research, three prosecutors were also interviewed. Semi-structured interview schedules were utilised to conduct in-depth telephonic interviews with the participants. The data was transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis. The main finding which emerged from the study was that social workers’ challenges with diversion are mainly associated with external factors such as poor parental co-operation. The study concludes that diversion contributes to reducing the level of recidivism with child sex offenders and is a necessary form of intervention for children in conflict with the law. Key words: Children in conflict with the law, Diversion, Rehabilitation, Sexual offences, Child sex offenders, Social workers.

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Costin, Dana. "The relationship between the victimization history and sexual offences of male adolescent sexual offenders : a focus on sexual victimization, and sexual intrusiveness and force in offences." 2004. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=94681&T=F.

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Koch, Krissi Fe. "Child sexual abuse prevention : feminism, masculinity, and preventing the socialization of future offenders." 2004. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=81132&T=F.

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Ratlhagane, Kgomotso J. "Educator's knowledge of and opinions on child sexual abuse." Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/612.

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Sexual abuse of children occurs at a very high rate and most of the victims are young children who have never been taught about the possibility of being abused. Victims of abuse are not equipped with appropriate knowledge and vocabulary to enable them to explain properly when they experience abuse. Acquisition of a vocabulary and understanding of the concepts of sexuality would assist children in recognizing, resisting and reporting sexual abuse. The young age at which abuse occurs makes the study at primary school level important and relevant. There is little literature on how child sexual abuse can be identified, addressed and handled by schools or what unique role the school should play in the management of child sexual abuse cases. Educators are in a position to identify sexually abused children because of their close and ongoing contact with school-going children. Therefore, young children place a great deal of trust in their teachers and look to them for protection when they feel unsafe. Teachers are trained to observe changes in the appearance and progress of individual children. Therefore, they can also assist in uncovering and reacting appropriately to disclosures of abuse. The study was conducted in poor, disadvantaged, rural primary schools in a part of the North West Province. There is a limited access to social work services in rural areas and therefore, educators are considered to be appropriate people to educate children about sexual abuse issues because children spend most of their time at school. There is a relationship between educators, parents and children which creates a proper channel of communicating information about sexual abuse of children. That is, educators are in a position not only to educate but also to reinforce what children have learnt at home. Educators' role have been limited in the identification and dealing with sexual abuse cases and therefore, there is a need to empower them with appropriate knowledge and skills to enable them to handle sexual abuse cases at school level successfully.
Psychology
M. A. (Psychology)

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Everitt, Dianne. "Locked in transit: girls inside the gates of child sex trafficking in South Africa." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13895.

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Despite the growing prevalence and awareness of child sex trafficking within the South African context, knowledge of the trade remains rudimentary. In this study, an exploration of how girl survivors of child sex trafficking within South Africa construct their experiences is provided. Participants included five girl children between the ages of 11 and 17, all of whom had been trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation, and managed to escape the trade. All of them were living in a safe house in Pretoria at the time of the interviews. One participant was trafficked into South Africa from Zimbabwe, one from the DRC, one from Lesotho, and two participants were trafficked within South African borders. An ecosystemic framework was suggested to create meaning of the findings, placing emphasis on how participants construct their experiences in terms of the ecological context. Research results reveal a significant difference in the ability of participants to overcome their experiences based on whether they had at least one supportive person from their ecological context before being trafficked. The findings of this study call for interventions to extend beyond the legislative arena. Rather, the legislative arena is seen as one aspect of the entire ecological context of girl children who are vulnerable to human trafficking. This sounds a call for interventions against human trafficking to take a more holistic view and to punctuate at the level of the family system and of the community.
Psychology
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

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Wylie, Lori. "Sexual abuse and women who abuse crack cocaine boundary formation and functioning : report submitted in partial fulfillment ... for the degree of Master of Science, Parent-Child Nursing ... /." 1993. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68797680.html.

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Rahe, Julia Grace. "Protecting Argentina : lawmaking, children and sexual crimes in Buenos Aires, 1853-1921." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2706.

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"Protecting Argentina" explores how the definitions of sexual crimes (rape, seduction, abduction and the corruption of minors) changed in Argentine penal law during the process of congressional codification between 1853 and 1921. It contextualizes an in-depth analysis of legal definitions within the legislative process and the shifting ideologies of criminology that influenced it. It argues that, as nineteenth century positivist criminology replaced Enlightenment-inspired "Classical" criminology, the meaning and foundational presupposition of these crimes shifted from those of their colonial predecessors. Where in colonial times "Acts of lechery" were criminal when committed against chaste women, in the republican era, the law punished "Crimes against honesty" when the victims were children. Liberal lawmakers defined these sexual acts primarily by the age of the victim and secondarily by the violence used in their perpetration. The year 1903 was a watershed in this process, as it marked Positivism's displacement of "Classical" criminology as the guiding ideology of criminal law. These conclusions suggest there were substantive correlations between elite campaigns to ensure the future of the nation by saving children and the codification of national criminal law undertaken by Congress. As argentine elites began to witness what they perceived to be the negative effects of modernization, rapid population growth, industrialization and the accompanying increase in crime, they sought to ensure the future of the nation through "child saving" campaigns. The increasingly age-based definitions of sexual crimes, which aimed to protect young victims, fit within the broader state-led campaign to protect future citizens. "Protecting Argentina" therefore suggests that historians should consider legislative processes of state building as forming an integral part of turn-of-the-century nationalist projects in Latin America. Tying together positivist penology, nationalist discourse, and congressional codification, this report places children at the center of Argentine elites' attempts to ensure the future of the nation through the protection of children.
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Steyn, Anna Martha Elizabeth. "Stiefvader as seksuele molesteerder." Diss., 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16111.

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Die doel van die navorsingsondersoek na die stiefvader as seksuele molesteerder van sy stiefdogter is om die probleem te beskryf, te verklaar en aanbevelings te doen aan instansies wat betrokke is by seksuele molestering. Die ondersoek was kwalitatief van aard en die tegnieke van ongestruktureerde onder houdvoering en dokumentere studies is gebruik.By die beskrywing van die probleem is die kenmerke van die stiefgesin waarin seksuele molestering voorkom geidentifiseer. Dit was moeilik om die omvang van seksuele molestering in die stiefgesin te bepaal, weens onvolledige rekordhouding deur instansies. Aannames vanuit die literatuur het die ondersoek gerig en seksuele molestering in die stiefgesin is verklaar aan die hand van die eienskappe van die sisteernbenadering. Navorser het bevind dat seksuele molesteerders swak sosiale verhoudings het en uit disfunksionele gesinne kom. Aanbevelings is gedoen ter voorkoming van seksuele molestering binne stiefgesinne.
The object of this research project, the stepfather as sexual molester of his stepdaughter, is to define and explain the problem, and to make recommendations to organisations concerned with sexual abuse. This exploration was qualitative and techniques of unstructured interviewing and documentary studies were employed. In defining the problem, the characteristics of the stepfamily in which sexual molesting occurs, are identified. It was difficult to determine the extent of sexual molesting in the stepfamily, because of the incomplete records of the organisations. Suppositions from literature directed the research on sexual abuse in the stepfamily, and are explained on the basis of characteristics of the systems approach. Researcher found that sexual molesters have inadequate social relationships and come from dysfunctional families. Recommendations have been made for the prevention of sexual abuse in stepfamilies.
Criminology and Security Science
M.A. (Sosiale Wetenskappe (Kriminologie))

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Marques, Cristina Isabel Silveira. "Modus operandi dos abusadores sexuais: características identificadas nas crianças abusadas." Master's thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/9142.

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Classificação da American Psychological Association (APA): [4200] Psicologia Forense e Questões Jurídicas, [4270] Prevenção Criminal
O abuso sexual de crianças tornou-se, a partir dos anos 70/80 do Século XX, uma preocupação social mundial. Dada a elevada prevalência desta problemática, demonstra-se necessário desenvolver programas de prevenção primária, tendo esta investigação o objetivo de contribuir com conhecimento empírico que permita desenhar esses programas. Neste sentido, procura-se compreender o ajustamento do modus operandi implementado pelo perpetrador às características das crianças abusadas. Para tal, realizaram-se entrevistas com 31 reclusos, condenados por crimes contra a autodeterminação sexual, que assumiam a sua autoria. As entrevistas foram submetidas a um processo de codificação baseado nos princípios da metodologia da Grounded Theory e esse processo foi validado por um segundo codificador. Os resultados obtidos permitem identificar fatores de risco associados às vítimas e perceções distorcidas dos perpetradores acerca dos comportamentos destas, que influenciam o ajustamento de estratégias de sedução pelos abusadores, visando iniciar e manter o abuso, prevenindo, concomitantemente, que meio envolvente e vítimas denunciem o crime. A maioria dos crimes é revelada pela vítima. Sugerem, também, estratégias de prevenção primária: dever de denúncia do abuso sexual; educação das crianças (em contexto familiar e escolar) no sentido de dizerem não ao potencial abuso e afastarem-se de pessoas que lhe transmitam sentimentos de ansiedade/aflição; promoção da comunicação funcional entre família e crianças. Conclui-se que os programas de prevenção primária deverão potenciar a capacidade das vítimas para se afastarem da situação abusiva e promover as suas competências comunicacionais, de assertividade e resolução de problemas, bem como fornecer instrumentos às comunidades para detetarem o abuso.
Child sexual abuse has become, since 1970/1980, a social concern worldwide. Given the high prevalence of this problem, it is necessary to develop sexual abuse primary prevention programs, being the objective of this research to contribute to empirical knowledge that allows designing these programs. Therefore, this research seeks to understand the adjustment of the modus operandi implemented by perpetrators to the characteristics of the abused children. To this end, interviews were conducted with 31 prisoners convicted of crimes against sexual selfdetermination, which admitted their crime. The interviews were subjected to a coding process based on the principles of Grounded Theory methodology and this process has been validated by a second encoder. The results obtained allow us to identify risk factors associated to victims, as well as distorted perceptions of perpetrators about their behaviors, that influence the adjustment of seduction strategies by abusers, aiming to initiate and maintain the abuse, preventing, concomitantly, the victims or environment around them to report the crime. Victims reveal most of the crimes. Suggest also strategies for primary prevention: duty to report sexual abuse; education of the children (in the familial and school context) to say no to a potential abuse and move away from persons that transmit them feelings of anxiety/distress; promoting funcional communication between family and children. It is concluded that primary prevention programs should enhance the ability of victims to move away from the abusive situation and promote their communication, assertiveness and problem resolution skills and provide communities with tools to detect sexual abuse.

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Tanfa, Denis Yomi. "Crimes against children in Gauteng." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1310.

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The study provided a general orientation of crimes against children in South Africa to buttress the rationale of the research. A concise definition of crime, child, child abuse, sexual child abuse, physical child abuse, victims and perpetrators of sexual crimes against children. The research described the various forms of crimes against children in Guateng, the causes and explanations. An interpretation of the empirical study was provided in this research. It focussed on the perpetrators and victims of child sex crimes. The types of offenders, the motives and theoretical explanations of their behaviour. The modus operandi of the perpetrators found in the empirical study. The various characteristics of victims and perpetrators, the legal processes in the adjudication of child sexual offenders. The research examined some of the prevention strategies of child sexual crimes. Findings of the empirical research are provided.
Criminology
M.A. (Criminology)

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Van, den Heever Claudi. "Gemeenskapsopvoeding met betrekking tot die beveiliging van die kleuter teen seksuele mishandeling in 'n hoë risikogebied." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1679.

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The researchers' own interaction with the community caused her to recognize that the safety of pre-schoolers and toddlers in high risk areas are being jeopardised because sexual education is not applied soon enough. The aim of this research study was to determine the needs of role-players in the high risk area in terms of community education regarding the safety of pre-schoolers. A quantitative approach was followed, which focussed on applied research and the exploratory and descriptive objectives of the research in order to facilitate a better understanding of the research phenomenon and to understand the specifics of the situation. The Randomised Cross-sectional Survey design was implemented. The analysed findings were presented graphically and interpreted in order to reach conclusions and present the recommendations of the study. The general conclusion based upon the empirical findings of the study is that there is a great need for community education regarding the safety of pre-schoolers in the high-risk area, Danville.
Social Work
M. Diac. (Play Therapy)

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Coetzee, Theo. "The evidential value of crime scene investigation in child rape cases." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2409.

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The main focus of this dissertation was to evaluate the evidential value of crime scene investigation in child rape cases. There are two kinds of crime scenes that needed to be processed in sexual crimes. Firstly is the location of occurrence and secondly is the victim's body. The crime scene is in any crime the major source of information if correctly approach, but even more so in a child rape investigations. A few crimes rely so heavily upon physical evidence as does the crime of rape. It is therefore essential that all rape investigators have first-class knowledge of proper crime scene investigation methods and techniques. Since crime scenes not properly protected or process may fail the investigation in court and as a result see the suspect acquitted. The following physical evidence could link and assist the investigator to individualise the suspect during thorough crime scene investigation; body fluids such as semen, blood, saliva. Other evidence of physical nature commonly found at crime scenes includes fingerprints, footprints (impression evidence); soil evidence, hair evidence, and anything in general handled or left behind by the rapist at the crime scene. This dissertation strives to provide the Investigator with answers on, how, where, and when to process the crime scene.
Criminology
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Spurrier, Karen Jeanne. "A multi-perspective report on the status of the knowledge of and response to commercial sexual exploitation of children with a specific focus on child prostitution and child sex tourism : a social work perspective." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19743.

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Increasing tourism numbers in third world countries affect their economies and certain aspects of their society positively; however, there are concomitant negative effects that expose the dark side of the tourism industry. One of these is the escalating commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), particularly child prostitution (CP) in the context of tourism, a phenomenon known as child sex tourism (CST). Although tourism plays an important role in creating the perfect storm of poverty-stricken children colliding with wealthy tourists, it is not solely responsible for this phenomenon. Internationally and nationally, the lacuna of knowledge on CST in particular hampers an informed response by way of resource allocation and coordinated service delivery to both victims and perpetrators. Utilising a qualitative research approach, and the collective case study and phenomenological research designs complemented by an explorative, descriptive and contextual strategy of inquiry, the researcher explored the status of the knowledge of and response to the CSEC through the lens of closely associated role players, who were purposively selected for inclusion in the study. These were adult survivors who were as children engaged in sex work and victims of child sex tourism, social workers and non-social workers involved in rendering child welfare and protection services, members of the Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and representatives of the hospitality and tourism industry. Data was collected via individual in-depth semi-structured interviews, telephone interviews, and email-communication and thematically analysed. The researcher found that a range of microsystem level factors, such as poverty and family dysfunction, pushed children to the street, and as a means to survive engage in sex work, enabling tourists (i.e. local - out of towners) and foreigners, mainly men from varied sexual orientation) to commercially sexually exploit both boys and girls, from as young as nine years of age, and of different race groups, which leave them with physical and psychological scars. The following main findings surfaced: The social workers, in comparison to the non-social workers, who have a primary responsibility to provide child welfare and protection services were ill-informed in terms of identifying CST as phenomenon, untrained and/or slow to respond appropriately with interventions directed to the victims and perpetrators of CSEC. The service provider groups, as microsystems interfacing on a mesosystem, were fraught with perceptions that the social workers and the SAPS were being inadequate. Furthermore a lack of cooperation, collaboration and communication between the service provider groups to respond to CSEC existed. The hospitality and tourism industry service representatives were also ill-informed about the phenomena of CP and CST with a response that at best can be labelled as fluctuating between an indirect response to that of turning a blind-eye. From the findings, recommendations for social work practice, education and training and recommendations specific for the other closely associated role players in responding to the CSEC were forwarded.
Social Work
D.Phil. (Social Work)

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Sobrinho, Sofia Alexandra Pinto de Matos. "Agressores sexuais de menores : que ressocialização? Escolha da pena e fins preventivos." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/33699.

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A presente dissertação versa sobre a temática do crime de abuso sexual de crianças, mormente sobre as consequências jurídicas aplicadas aos seus perpetradores. A investigação realizada teve como objetivo apurar se as penas atualmente aplicadas pelos nossos Tribunais, bem como os serviços prestados pela DGRSP, têm sido os mais adequados no sentido de reabilitar e reinserir os abusadores sexuais de crianças na sociedade. Para tal, concentramo-nos em perceber o que leva um indivíduo a cometer um ato tão hediondo e horripilante como a consumação de um ato sexual com uma criança menor de 14 anos. Abordamos, também, as finalidades das penas criminais para, por fim, prestar o nosso humilde contributo para esta problemática tão complexa que é o abuso sexual de crianças. No fundo, concluímos que talvez a lei não consagre, ainda, as soluções mais adequadas a este fenómeno, em consequência da escassa investigação sobre este tema.
This dissertation deals with the theme of the crime of sexual abuse of children, especially the legal consequences applied to its perpetrators. The investigation carried out aimed at ascertaining whether the penalties currently applied by our Courts, as well as the services provided by DGRSP, have been the most appropriate in the sense of rehabilitating and reinserting child sexual abusers in society. For such, we focused on understanding what leads an individual to commit such an heinous and horrifying act as the consummation of a sexual act with a child under 14 years old. We also addressed the purposes of criminal penalties to finally make our humble contribution to this complexed issue that it is the sexual abuse of children. Basically, we conclude that our law does not yet establish the most adequate solutions to this phenomenon as a result of the lack research on this topic.

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Van, Huyssteen Charmaine Geselle. "Exploring the factors that contribute to the self-configuration process of juvenile sexual offenders." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4834.

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The problem that motivated the study was that the way in which juvenile sex offenders are configuring themselves, and the way that self-development is currently understood, potentially has negative implications for the way they may be treated in therapy. The Gestalt paradigm was the lens through which this phenomenon was explored. The research method was from a qualitative perspective and was an explorative and descriptive analysis of the factors that contribute to this self-configuration. Data was collected by way of unstructured and semi-structured interviews and systematically represented by the emergent themes. Results showed the factors that contribute to the self-configuration of the juvenile sex offender. Recommendations were made to the juveniles, their caretakers and the social workers. The researcher concluded that the Gestalt approach to self-configuration, with its emphasis on the field and relationships, provides a coherent lens through which to approach the phenomenon of juvenile sex offenders.
Social Work
M. Diac. (Play Therapy)

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Dubyak, Erin A. ""Flying the plane as we build it" : a qualitative study of an organization's goals and actions toward the prevention of exploited female youth." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/29499.

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Within the U.S. there is a growing interest in the case of female adolescents being coerced into the sex industry (Bernstein, 2010; Estes & Weiner, 2001; Soderlund, 2010; Williams and Frederick, 2009). This interest, which emerged due to U.S. involvement in the international trafficking phenomena and grassroots organizing, has resulted in a movement to end commercial sexual exploitation of children (also known as "child trafficking)". Feminist activists have mobilized around this issue seeking recourse for youth who have been victims of exploitation. This thesis presents a study of a prevention/early intervention program, the "Girls Coalition," founded for adjudicated girls who are deemed "high risk" for commercial sexual exploitation. The Youth Resource Center, a non-profit organization, began the Girls Coalition in order to prevent exploitation by empowering the youth to better their lives. While not an openly identified feminist organization, the Girls Coalition does espouse feminist goals and its mission emulates feminist processes. Through qualitative methods my study explores how the staff understand their role in the lives of the youth they serve as well as the organization in which they work. Findings reveal themes centered on feminist management and organizational functioning, which includes the processes and dynamics present within the running of the organization. Results also reveal themes that include how participants enact ethics of care and empowerment of the youth whom the Girls Coalition serves.
Graduation date: 2012

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