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Improved academic achievement. Stronger relationships with parents and peers. Reduced risk-taking behaviors. These are just some of the positive outcomes that hundreds of millions of children and teens experience by participating in youth serving organizations.
In the U.S., millions of children participate in youth-serving organizations, and it is known that a proportion of child sexual abuse occurs in these settings. Despite the severity of these threats, there is little knowledge of the steps that organizations take to prevent and respond.
Effective CSA prevention efforts are needed to avert harm to victim and their families, and reduce monetary and nonmonetary costs borne by victims, their families, and society. This chapter reviews criminal-justice interventions, therapeutic interventions, and target-hardening efforts.
Young people with a sexual interest in children are largely hidden and looking for help. There is a great need to advance knowledge about adolescents and young adults with a sexual interest in children to better inform the development of effective prevention and mental health efforts.
Medicaid has reduced the risk factors for child neglect and physical abuse. This study examines the associations between Medicaid expansion and the rates of overall, first-time, and repeat reports of child neglect and physical abuse incidents per 100,000 children aged 0–5, 6–12, and 13–17 years.
Child sexual abuse is typically addressed with after-the-fact interventions or prevention programs teaching children to protect themselves. Such responses do little to prevent victimization, leading to calls for prevention efforts targeting individuals most at risk of perpetrating CSA, including young adolescents.
Regardless of specific policy characteristics, juvenile registration and notification policies fail to improve community safety via deterring first-time sexual offenses among children. Recommendations include replacing juvenile registration policies with more effective prevention and intervention practices.
Users of child sexual abuse material were interviewed about changes in their daily lives as well as sexual thoughts and behaviors during the COVID-19 restrictions. The changes found can increase the risk for sexual offending.
Trauma caused by sexual violence impacts individuals, families, and communities in many ways. The dominant response rests within a criminal justice framework. A public health approach to violence prevention can inform our understanding of sexual violence and the ways to reduce sexual victimization.
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