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D. Corwin (1990) cites that in London perpetrators are survivors of sexual
many believed that sexual 'congress' with child abuse. Goldstein-Harte Study 1973:
a child would cure venereal disease. Of Carter, et al.
capital rape prosecutions between 1730 A sexual child abuse perpetrator (a.k.a.
and 1729, 25% of the cases involved sex offender) abuses an average of 117
victims younger than 10 years old. children. National Institute of Mental
62% of females are sexually abused by age Health, 1988.
18. Finkelhor, David and J. Extensive evidence substantiates the fact
Dziuba-Leatherman. "Victimization of that sexual child abuse has taken place
Children." American Psychologist Vol. for centuries.
49:3 (1992): 173-183. 1896 in The In the U.S. in 2000 over 3 million child
Aetiology of Hysteria, Freud discusses abuse and neglect reports were filed and
his "Seduction Theory" acknowledging the one million were confirmed. There are
sexual abuse and incest of children. 3,000 children abused each day and four
31% of males are sexually abused by age of them will die. Forty % of these
18. Ibid. children were under the age of six. The
More than 60 million adult survivors of age group with the highest abuse rate is
incest and sexual child abuse live in 0-3 years. Nationally the highest form of
America. *Note these are only reported abuse is neglect followed by physical
cases. It is believed as great as 50% of abuse. In March of 2001 when President
sexual child abuse is unreported. Bush declared April National Child Abuse
Forward, 1993 Prevention Month he stated the cost of
99% of sexual abuse survivors know their child abuse and neglect in the U.S. was
perpetrators-80% are abused by family $258 million dollars a day. This includes
members, 19% are abuse by other trusted the price of intervention, the treatment
adults. CCPA, 1992 of children who have been emotionally,
Of 50 male sexual abuse survivors, many physically or sexually abused as well as
were as young as 8 years old. FBI Uniform the indirect costs of the long term
Crime Report, 1991. consequences both for the child and our
96% of female rape survivors were younger society. Prevent Child Abuse America.
than 12 years old and knew their In 2000, there were 261,000 victims of
attackers. U.S. Department of Justice, rape, attempted rape or sexual assault.
1992. [2000 National Crime Victimization
A study of 10,000 female children under Survey. Bureau of Justice Statistics.] Of
age 18 raped in 1992, reports that 3,800 these 261,000, 114,000 were victims of
girls were under 12 years old. U.S. sexual assault, 55,000 were victims of
Justice Department, study conducted in 11 attempted rape, and 92,000 were victims
states and the District of Columbia, June of completed rape. [2000 NCVS.]
1994. An estimated 906,000 children were
Of teenage, unwed mothers, 60-67% were victims of abuse and neglect in 2003
incest survivors. Los Angeles Times (cases substantiated by child protective
survey, 1993 service agencies).1
96% of teenage prostitutes were sexually In 2003, 48.3 percent of child victims
molested in childhood. CCPA, 1992. Almost were male; 51.7 percent of victims were
80% had become prostitutes before age 18. female. 83.9 percent of victims were
Ibid. *60% of prostitutes were 16 or abused by a parent. 40.8% of child
under; many were younger than 13. Ibid. victims were maltreated by their mothers
Over 80% of the mothers of incest acting alone; another 18.8 percent were
survivors were also sexually abused. maltreated by their fathers acting alone;
57% of sexual child abuse and incest 16.9 percent were abused by both parents.




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