Showing 1 - 10 of 9,261
In den vergangenen Jahren kam es in Deutschland wiederholt zu tragischen Fällen von Kindesmisshandlung oder Kindstötung, über die bundesweit in den Medien berichtet wurde. Oft wurde dabei auch die Rolle der zuständigen Jugendämter thematisiert, denen nicht selten‚ Behördenversagen‘...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698251
The article analyzes the evolution of incidence and prevalence rates of child sexual abuse recorded in the statistics of different states and regions of the world,including the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Central America and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010667430
This article describes the evolution of forensic interviewing as a method to determine whether or not a child has been sexually abused, focusing primarily on the United States. It notes that forensic interviewing practices are challenged to successfully identify children who have been sexually...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105434
The aim of this paper is to highlight key themes within the process of online grooming from the victim’s perspective. Eight adolescents who experienced online grooming were interviewed and data were analysed using Thematic Analysis. It was found that participants, who had been both sexually...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011030389
On 12 November 2012 the then Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced she was recommending to the Governor General the establishment of a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Following inquiries in Australia and elsewhere much is already known about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011030411
Mandatory reporting laws have been created in many jurisdictions as a way of identifying cases of severe child maltreatment on the basis that cases will otherwise remain hidden. These laws usually apply to all four maltreatment types. Other jurisdictions have narrower approaches supplemented by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011030428
This is an exploratory study that sought to investigate the perceptions of people towards child sexual abuse in Ghana. It uncovers how cultural factors influence the conceptualization of child sexual abuse and how this influence children in concealing their experiences. Although some studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210265
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002954017
respiratory illness among children. The calendar provides a much richer description of child illness and treatment behavior than … meaningful. Results regarding treatment behavior indicate that the vast majority of illnesses are treated and that mothers almost … advice and treatment in only about one-third of illnesses. When families do seek providers, they are more likely to rely on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150149
economic hardship affects illicit drug users’ decisions to enter drug treatment. Methods: We test the hypothesis that an … unemployed drug user to enter treatment. Our hypothesis is that the “payoff” of entering treatment increases when the unemployed … entering treatment, i.e. when unemployment declines (increases) the number of drug treatment clients increases (declines). We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156951