Child Sexual Abuse affects over 20% of the American population

It is hard to come up with a completely accurate statistic for child sexual abuse, many instances of abuse remain undisclosed, largely due to the victims fear or shame. However, it has been commonly stated that 1 in 4 women will abused by the age of 16, and 1 in 6 men will also be abused by the age of 16, resulting in an average of 20% of our population being affected by this silent epidemic.(3)

Citations

  1. 42 U.S.C.A. § 5106g(2) (West Supp. 1998)
  2. 42 U.S.C.A. § 5106g(4) (West Supp. 1998)
  3. ACE Study - Prevalence - Adverse Childhood Experiences. www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ace/prevalence.htm
  4. Browne, A, & Finkelhor, D. (1986). Impact of child sexual abuse: A review of the research. Psychological Bulletin, 99, 66-77.
  5. Day, A., Thurlow, K., & Woolliscroft, J. (2003). Working with childhood sexual abuse: A survey of mental health professionals. Child Abuse & Neglect, 27, 191-1998.
  6. Douglas, E., Finkelhor, D. (2005). Child Sexual Abuse Fact Sheet, Crimes Against Children Research Center. www.unh.edu/ccrc
  7. Kellogg, N.D., Hoffman, T.J, & Taylor, E.R. (1999). Early sexual experience among pregnant and parenting adolescents. Adolescence, 43, 293-303
  8. Kendler, K., Bulik, C., Silberg, J., Hettema, J., Myers, J., & Prescott, C. (2000). Childhood sexual abuse and adult psychiatric and substance use disorders in women: An epidemiological and Cotwin Control Analysis. Archives of General Psychiatry, 57, 953-959.
  9. Molnar, B.V., Buka, S.L, & Kessler, R.C. (2001). Child sexual abuse and subsequent psychopathology: Results from the National Comorbidity Study. American Journal of Public Health, 9, 753-760.
  10. Noll, J.G., Trickett, P.K., & Putnam, F.W. (2003). A prospective investigation of the impact of childhood sexual abuse on the development of sexuality. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 575-586.
  11. Paolucci, E.O, Genuis, M.L, & Violato, C. (2001). A meta-analysis of the published research on the effects of child sexual abuse. Journal of Psychology, 135, 17-36.
  12. Saewyc, E.M., Magee, L.L., & Pettingall, S.E. (2004). Teenage pregnancy and associated risk behavior among sexually abused adolescents. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health , 36(3), 98-105.
  13. Saunders, B.E., Kilpatrick, D.G., Hanson, R.F., Resnick, H.S., & Walker, M.E. (1999). Prevalence, case characteristics, and long term psychological correlates of child rape among women: A national survey. Child Maltreatment, 4, 187-200.
  14. Snyder, H.N., Sexual assualt of young children as reported to law enforcement: Victim, incident and offender characteristics, in A NIBRIS Statistical Report. 2000, U.S. Department of Justice: Washington, D.C.
  15. Voeltanz, N., Wilsnack, S., Harris, R., Wilsnack, R., Wonderlich, S., Kristjanson, A. (1999). Prevalence and risk for childhood sexual abuse in women : National survey findings. Child Abuse and Neglect, 23, 579-592.
  16. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
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