scholarly journals A case study of sexual abuse and psychological correlates among an HIV-serodiscordant couple.

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail E. Wyatt ◽  
Tamra B. Loeb ◽  
John K. Williams ◽  
Muyu Zhang ◽  
Teri D. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Serodiscordant Couple ◽  
Psychological Correlates

Using a Multisectoral Approach in Tackling Child Sexual Abuse: Lessons from a Zimbabwean Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noel Muridzo ◽  
Victor Chikadzi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Child Survivors ◽  
Integrated Service Delivery ◽  
Improved Outcomes ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Role Players ◽  
Areas Of Concern

Child sexual abuse is one of the prevalent social ills that affect children in Zimbabwe. In response to the problem of child sexual abuse and the need to mitigate its adverse effects, Zimbabwe established the Victim Friendly System. The Victim Friendly System is a multisectoral forum made up of social workers, medical doctors, nurses, the police force and role players within the justice system such as magistrates, prosecutors, counsellors, educationists and psychologists. These professionals offer distinctive but complementary interventions to child survivors of child sexual abuse. This paper discusses the merits and lessons gleaned from using the Victim Friendly System as a multisectoral forum to tackle child sexual abuse. In researching this phenomenon, the study adopted a qualitative approach and data were collected from 38 participants and 4 key informants selected using theoretical and purposive sampling respectively. A total of 300 court files of child sexual abuse cases were also reviewed. The findings that emerged from the study show that a multisectoral approach to dealing with child sexual abuse provides the benefit of integrated service delivery. Improved outcomes for victims of sexual abuse as well as streamlined, effective and efficient operations for organisations that form part of the Victim Friendly System were also evident. This notwithstanding, the paper also discusses some areas of concern that could potentially affect how the Victim Friendly System multisectoral arrangement works. The lessons that emerged from the study provide some insights that are useful in informing guidelines for multisectoral arrangements.

Sexual Assault and Students With Disabilities

2019 ◽  
pp. 588-611
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Gibbon ◽  
Nicole Taylor ◽  
Elyse R. Scheckler ◽  
Michelle Stagmer ◽  
David F. Bateman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Forced Sterilization ◽  
Disability Categories ◽  
Specific Disability ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ongoing Monitoring

This chapter reviews the special vulnerabilities of students with disabilities to sexual assault. The relationship between the characteristics of specific disability categories and the delivery system that is special education is explored. Historical and philosophical trends such as institutionalization, forced sterilization, and the Eugenics Movement that created the environment for sexual abuse of students with disabilities are discussed. The authors provide a case study about a recent sexual assault and a discussion of the Willowbrook institution where well documented sexual abuse of people with disabilities took place. Age and disability specific sex education, teacher training, and ongoing monitoring are recommended to improve the safety of some of our most vulnerable students.

Sexual Abuse in a Korean Evangelical Church in Japan

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 208-240
Author(s):  
Yoshihide Sakurai
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Church Growth ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
Missionary Training ◽  
Pentecostal Churches ◽  
The Media ◽  
Total Dependence ◽  
Community Forces

Abstract A case of sexual abuse by the supervisor of the Central Church of Holy God (Seishin Chūō Kyōkai 聖神中央教会) in 2005 has led many in the Japanese Christian community and the media to question the “cultification” of the Christian church. This paper will consider the incident and its background, one negative aspect of “church growth” in Japan, in which Korean evangelical and Pentecostal churches competed vigorously to attract devotees. The pastor who founded this church was a Korean resident in Japan who had studied theology and the propagation methodology in South Korea, allowing him to realize church growth in notoriously non-Christian Japan. Yet, his top-down authoritative management suppressed believers’ spiritual and physical freedom of religion. In the following case study, I consider how the asymmetrical relations among church members contributed to this religious abuse. After taking into account issues of missionary training, proselytization methodology, and social strata, I suggest that a dysfunction within the “comprehensive religious community” forces members’ total dependence on pastors in their belief as well as their lives.

Diffusing responsibility: A case study of child sexual abuse in popular discourse

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 55-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan L. Miller ◽  
M. Kristen Hefner ◽  
Chrysanthi S. Leon
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Popular Discourse
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