But based on the surveys and studies conducted by different denominations over the past 30 years, experts who
study child abuse say they see little reason to conclude that sexual abuse is mostly a Catholic issue.
Not exact matches
Hell, even Al Jazeera says 10 thousand, not to mention several formal
studies that say as many as 232
children per 100k were
abused EVERY year during the 1990's.
Just this month, two top American cardinals, Roger Mahony of Los Angeles and Timothy Dolan of New York, were called on to give legal testimony over lawsuits related to
abuse of
children, and the leader of Scotland's Catholic Church, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, resigned after allegations he had acted improperly toward four men
studying for the priesthood decades ago.
«Due to the stereotype that pe - dophiles are always male, it has been difficult to determine the prevalence of female ped - ophiles; however,
studies in the UK and USA suggest that a range of 5 % to 20 % of
child se - xual
abuse offenses are perpetrated by women.
The team reported that 10,667 people in the US had made allegations of
child sexual
abuse between 1950 and 2002 against 4,392 priests (about 4 % of all 109,694 priests who served during the time period covered by the
study).
Murray Straus's
studies suggest that marital violence occurs in one out of four marriages, not as a single event but as a pattern (Richard J. Gelles and Claire Pedrick Cornell, Intimate Violence in Families [Sage Publications, 1985], p. 69) The Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence estimates that one girl out of three and one boy out of seven are sexually
abused by age 18, and that in half the cases their abusers are family members; that 1 million
children are physically
abused by parents or caretakers every year; and that 1 million elderly people are
abused every year by their adult
children.
[3] For example, a
study conducted in 2000 found that only 1.5 % of sexual
abuse disclosures by
children were false.
In the wake of some high profile daycare
abuse cases in the mid-1980s, there was a rash of
studies which found that, with enough effort, it might be possible to convince a small percentage of typically very young
children that something happened to them which in fact did not happen.
Reflecting the results all the
studies, the mainstream view among researchers and professionals who work in the area of
child sexual
abuse is that homosexual and bisexual men do not pose any special threat to
children.
No formal comparative
study has ever broken down
child sexual
abuse by denomination, and only the Catholic Church has released detailed data about its own.
Estimating a
child sexual
abuse prevalence rate for practitioners:
studies.
Sprigg, a senior fellow for policy
studies at the council, wrote in a council pamphlet that homosexual men are more likely to engage in
child sexual
abuse than are straight men.
While there have been no formal
studies to determine how many
child molesters have coached youth teams, a computer - database search of recent newspaper stories reveals more than 30 cases just in the last 18 months of coaches in the U.S. who have been arrested or convicted of sexually
abusing children engaged in nine sports from baseball to wrestling — and this despite the fact that
child sex -
abuse victims, for reasons ranging from shame and embarrassment to love or fear of their molesters, rarely report the crime.
The Nurse - Family Partnership has been
studied in three separate randomized controlled trials, which have shown positive effects on the mothers, including reduced incidence of
child abuse, arrest, and welfare enrollment.
According to neuroscientists who
study the impact of stress on
child development, the common thread among neglect,
abuse, and other forms of trauma is that they communicate to the developing brains of infants and
children that their environment is unstable, unpredictable, and chaotic.
Volume V, Number 2 Balance in Teaching, Balance in Working, Balance in Living — Roberto Trostli Adult Education in the Light of Anthroposophy — Michael Howard Setting Priorities for Research: Attention - Related Disorders (ARD)
Study — Kim Payne and Bonnie River - Bento Learning Expectations and Assessment Project (LEAP)-- Leap Project Group (Staley, Trostli, K. & B. Anderson, Easton) Sexual
Abuse in
Children: Understanding, Prevention, and Treatment — Michaela Glöckler, M.D.
Recession Tied to Rise in
Child Abuse Injuries The incidence of «shaken baby syndrome» and other head trauma almost doubled,
study found.
Fathers» antisocial personality behaviour and / or substance
abuse correlate with conduct problems and aggression in
children and adolescents (
studies cited by Phares 1999; Flouri 2005).
Spanking: Parenthood's Dirty Little (and Common) Secret This week a
study was released saying when
children are disciplined using harsh physical punishment like spanking, they are at higher risk of depression, anxiety, substance
abuse, and other mental health problems - even if they aren't otherwise
abused or maltreated.
We know from the ACE
study that for 95 % of
children exposed to domestic violence, there is also substance
abuse, mental illness, neglect,
abuse, or incarceration within their home.
Research — Dutch Public Prosecutioner's Office
Study —
Child sexual
abuse allegations in divorce cases proved to be unjustified in 95 % of cases (November 2008) http://www.webcitation.org/63D0kfjQY http://fkce.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/00007/
This week a
study was released saying when
children are disciplined using harsh physical punishment like spanking, they are at higher risk of depression, anxiety, substance
abuse and other mental health problems — even if they aren't otherwise
abused or maltreated.
The
study, which was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found lower rates of confirmed
abuse cases,
child out — of — home placements, and hospitalizations and emergency room visits for
child injuries in counties where parenting support was implemented.
She has received several awards including the Outstanding Research
Study Award from the American Professional Society on the
Abuse of
Children, and most recently, she was named 2003 Distinguished Alumna by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at California State University, Chico.
Joseph Califano Jr., president of the National Center on Addiction and Substance
Abuse at Columbia University, said his group's
study concluded that many dads are essentially AWOL when it comes to keeping their
children drug free.
The HomVEE systematic review of evidence found that there are
studies of HFA and NFP that included measures of substantiated reports of
child abuse and neglect.
24 - 25 The results of these
studies are intriguing and represent the newest area of interest in the
study of the effects of
child sexual
abuse.
The long - term impact of the physical, emotional, and sexual
abuse of
children: A community
study.
In one
study, 21
child sexual
abuse negatively affected survivors» feelings about themselves as mothers.
Additionally, a
study published in 2016 in Psychiatric Times noted that the prevalence of suicide attempts was significantly higher in adults who experienced trauma, such as physical
abuse, sexual
abuse and parental domestic violence, as a
child.
An Australian
study of more than 21,000
child abuse survivors age 60 and older reported a higher rate of failed marriages and relationships.
Prospective adoptive parents must have received a favorable home
study * — a process that includes: Criminal and
child abuse registry clearances, Personal references, Verification of their employment & income and an assessment that they are ready and able to properly parent a
child.
Meta - analyses of
studies evaluating these programs show positive effects on the competence, efficacy and psychological health of the parents, as well as on the behaviour of the
children.49, 50 A recent implementation
study of a strategy for parenting and family support showed that families in the treatment group had far fewer cases of substantiated
child maltreatment,
abuse injuries and out - of - home placements.51
Although research began to accumulate in the 1970s that showed that most physical
abuse is physical punishment (in intent, form and effect),
studies of
child maltreatment have since clarified this finding.
Other
studies have reported similar results, even after controlling for additional risk factors, like
child neglect,
abuse, or having a mother with mental health problems (Lansford et al 2009; Coley et al 2014; Taylor et al 2010; MacKenzie et al 2015).
For example, the first cycle of the Canadian Incidence
Study of Reported
Child Abuse and Neglect39 (CIS 1998) showed that 75 % of substantiated physical abuse of children occurred during episodes of physical punish
Abuse and Neglect39 (CIS 1998) showed that 75 % of substantiated physical
abuse of children occurred during episodes of physical punish
abuse of
children occurred during episodes of physical punishment.
Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in
children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent —
child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal
studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging
studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the
abuse of drugs and alcohol.37
Also breast feeding for a year plus helps to prevent mental illnesses, adhd schizophrenia and various others, also
studies have been done with siblings, believe that mothers who breast feed also (with oxytocin released when breastfeeding) love there
children more then the
children they breastfeed for lesser time, in a majority means less
children who are
abuse and neglected!
Strengthening Families Center for the
Study of Social Policy Describes an initiative to prevent
child abuse and neglect by helping
child welfare and early education professionals enhance protective factors in
children, youth, and families.
American Family Association hate group mouthpiece Bryan Fischer said that gays should not be allowed to parent
children because
children in same - sex homes are at a higher risk for sexual molestation, citing the deeply flawed Mark Regnerus
study and the Jerry Sandusky Penn State
abuse case, Right Wing Watch reports.
ERIE COUNTY, NY — National
studies have estimated that between 30 % - 60 % of domestic violence perpetrators also
abuse children in the household.
Studies show that only 9 % of rape allegations are false, the same rate as for other types of crime, such as
child abuse.
The
study tested the accuracy of the expert panel based on 584 of the 2,166 cases that could be more definitively classified as
abuse or accidental based on other information learned after the
child's visit to the emergency department.
Two recent large
studies reflect growing evidence that ADHD increases
children's risk for
abusing tobacco, alcohol and other drugs when they are older.
In a related
study published recently in the journal
Child Abuse and Neglect, Valentino found that maltreating parents, many of whom had experienced childhood trauma, could successfully be taught to use more elaborative and emotion - rich reminiscing with their preschool - aged
children, which has been linked to a
children's subsequent cognitive abilities in a number of areas including memory, language and literacy development.
Child sexual
abuse in the United States is costly, with an average lifetime cost of $ 1.1 million per death of female victims and $ 1.5 million per death of male victims, according to a new
study.
Second, in my
study, the sample of physically
abused children was 10 times the size of the sample in [a
study by evolutionary psychologists Martin Daly and Margo Wilson].
Mothers who have experienced childhood
abuse, neglect or other traumatic experiences show an unwillingness to talk with their
children about the
child's emotional experiences, a new
study from the University of Notre Dame shows.
«
Child sexual abuse in US costs up to $ 1.5 million per child death, study finds.&r
Child sexual
abuse in US costs up to $ 1.5 million per
child death, study finds.&r
child death,
study finds.»
«This
study suggests many reasons some
children may be at extreme risk of severe physical
abuse and murder, which points to different preventive actions,» said lead author Dr. Robert Hanlon, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and of neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine neuropsychologist.