Meta-Analysis and Crossnational Comparisons of Sexual Violence Against Children

JAMA Pediatrics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 13, 2025

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Язык: Английский

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Universal parent-focused child sexual abuse prevention: A quasi-experimental protocol

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 20(1), С. e0314459 - e0314459

Опубликована: Янв. 16, 2025

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a significant public health concern, and there lack of universal, evidence-based primary prevention interventions that extend beyond focus solely on children. Parents remain consistently underutilized target for efforts aimed at mitigating CSA despite their unique relationship close proximity to risk not confined any specific demographic, its effects affected children are well-documented, significantly impacting numerous dimensions wellbeing. Thus, clear urgent need address this gap in strategies. This study will use quasi-experimental design (target N = 412) examine potential gains CSA-related awareness intentions protective behaviors among parents who participate universal parent-focused workshop, Smarter Parents. Safer Kids., compared those do not. Participants both the control (n 206) experimental group complete 3 survey assessments: Survey 0 (baseline), 1 (1-month), 2 (3-month follow-up). The Kids. workshop between Surveys 1. We data collected from baseline measure mediators intention preventive behaviors. In adjacent enhance curriculum's reach with future dissemination implementation, we also explore impact recruitment materials strategies parental engagement. Results advance implement audience.

Язык: Английский

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Effects of Victim Mental Illness on Child Sexual Abuse Case Judgments Expectation Violation Theory Application

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Investigating the disparities among child sexual abuse material users: Anonymous self-reports from both charged and uncharged individuals

Child Abuse & Neglect, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 161, С. 107299 - 107299

Опубликована: Фев. 13, 2025

The dark web has become a more prevalent platform for the distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Most CSAM users remain undetected by law enforcement, and little is known about population not convicted. aim study was to contribute research on investigating differences between who self-report having been charged offenses against or an adult those such offenses. We analyzed anonymous survey data from 2384 respondents sought web. were young males (18-34-year-olds) searching depicting girls. sample divided into three groups: 1) admitted children (CS offenders, n = 474); 2) adults (AS 620); 3) no charges (NC group, 1290). used multinomial logistic regression analysis analyze in self-reported behavior motivation access groups. Those had previous history violent offenses, groomed online, physical contact with children, searched infants toddlers significantly likely belong CS AS offenders group. found significant groups their individual, motivational, behavioral characteristics that have important implications crimes assessing treating offenders.

Язык: Английский

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A latent class analysis of technology-facilitated sexual violence: Associations to other victimizations, psychiatric symptoms, and gender

Child Abuse & Neglect, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 161, С. 107309 - 107309

Опубликована: Фев. 12, 2025

Poly-victimization research has shown the cumulative detrimental effects of violence exposure on mental health. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) victimization is a growing field uncovering specific combinations exposures particularly negative to Despite concern technology-facilitated (TFSV), it scarcely included in LCA studies. Investigating typologies that includes technology facilitated sexual violence. Cross-sectional survey data from representative sample Swedish young people age range 16-23 (N = 3243, mean 18.20, SD 0.61). A was conducted using package PoLCA R. model with three classes deemed best fit data. 1 (sexual polyvictimization, 10.1 %) had high probabilities all forms including TFSV and highest proportion psychiatric diagnosis (45.2 %). This class consisted mostly girls. 2 (child abuse polyvictimization,14.8 characterized by physical psychological child an even gender distribution. 30.6 % this endorsed having diagnosis. 3 (75.1 low victimization/normative subgroup distribution (12.8 frequency exhibited levels symptoms. Prevention efforts targeted against should consider whole web some are situated in. Since seems be connected symptoms diagnosis, Child- Adolescent Psychiatric services pay more attention type among their patients.

Язык: Английский

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Protecting child and adolescent mental health in an uncertain future: commentary on Jaffee and colleagues' Annual Research Review – ‘Cash transfer programs and young people's mental health: a review of studies in the United States’

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 21, 2025

Jaffee and colleagues present a masterful review of the evidence for impacts cash transfer programmes on child adolescent mental health in United States. While global meta‐analyses find effectiveness, highlight limited number studies Northern America, but overall results indicating small meaningful effect sizes improving emotional behavioural health, greatest poorest families.

Язык: Английский

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Unveiling the Shadows of the Perversion Files: Analyzing Techniques of Neutralization Among Boy Scout Leaders in Child Sexual Abuse Cases

Deviant Behavior, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 16

Опубликована: Фев. 23, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Cross-examining children in sexual abuse trials: How Australian criminal justice practitioners perceive judicial intervention

Journal of Criminology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 28, 2025

The quality of cross-examination in child sexual abuse trials is critical to elicit accurate evidence. In a mixed model study, we examined perceptions Australian practitioners (i.e., judges, prosecutors, defence lawyers, police officers, and witness support officers; N = 337) judicial intervention. Each participant rated two simulated excerpts 2 (complainant age: child/adolescent) × (questioning: appropriate/inappropriate) (judicial intervention: present/absent) design. Questioning younger was perceived as significantly less fair both the complainant defendant, diminished credibility, sensitivity. Complainant age effects interacted with approval questioning on fairness presence intervention Even when appropriate questions were asked, judge's proactive consideration deemed necessary. findings underscored need for interventions ameliorate detrimental effect inappropriate cross-examination, well further professional training education developmentally psychological vulnerability complainants.

Язык: Английский

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Protecting Africa's children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes

The Lancet, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Putting kids first: Reaffirming universal strategies for accurate detection of child sexual abuse in child protection investigations

Deleted Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100151 - 100151

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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