Victim Resistance in Child Sexual Abuse: A Look into the Efficacy of Self-Protection Strategies Based on the Offender's Experience

Autor/inn/en	Leclerc, Benoit; Wortley, Richard; Smallbone, Stephen
Titel	Victim Resistance in Child Sexual Abuse: A Look into the Efficacy of Self-Protection Strategies Based on the Offender's Experience
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26 (2011) 9, S.1868-1883 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260510372941
Schlagwörter	Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse; Females; Victims of Crime; Adults; Criminals; Age Differences; Prevention; Resistance (Psychology); Behavior; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Verbal Communication; Violence; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Weibliches Geschlecht; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Straftäter; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Resistenz; Fragebogen; Ausland; Gewalt; Australien
Abstract	This study examines the efficacy, as experienced by offenders with their victim, of self-protection strategies used in child sexual abuse cases. It also investigates whether the efficacy of self-protection varies according to victim characteristics. The sample consists of 94 adult offenders who sexually abused a single child and who agreed to provide confidential self-report data on the efficacy of self-protection strategies used by their victim. Strategies taken into account are: (1) yelling or screaming, (2) fighting back, (3) saying no, (4) saying they didn't want to, (5) crying, (6) telling someone else about the abuse, (7) saying they were scared, (8) demanding to be left alone, (9) saying they would tell someone, (10) saying that people are not supposed to touch their private parts, (11) trying to get away, and (12) yelling for help. Saying that they do not want to have sexual contact and saying "no" to the offender are the most effective strategies. Because they are more likely to use self-protection initially, younger girls are also more likely to prevent episodes of abuse than older girls. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10