Child Sexual Abuse

Child Sexual Abuse Fund

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On the 14-07-13 the Federal Government announced providing $45 million to various community-based service providers around Australia to be used to support survivors of child sexual abuse taking part in the current Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Jenny Macklin, Community Services Minister, said it was hoped the new funding would make…

July 14, 2013

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Tzedek – Victim Advocacy Group

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More child sexual abuse crimes within the Melbourne Jewish community have been reported allegedly perpetrated by a senior Jewish Community member according to Tzedek , a Jewish Victim Advocacy Group. A spokesperson from the Jewish community described the crimes as shocking due to the seniority of the perpetrator, the location of the sexual abuse, the…

July 13, 2013

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Child Sexual Abuse Offenders

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According to a paper that is written by Kelly Richards there are five common misperceptions that are prevalent among people regarding Child Sex Offenders. The first misperception is that all offenders of child sexual abuse are pedophiles. The terms pedophile and child sex offenders are commonly interchanged and one has to understand that the two…

June 7, 2013

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Child Sexual Abuse – VCAT Award

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A four-year-old child has been recently awarded $9,000.00 and a right to ongoing counselling after she was sexually abused by another four-year-old child at a day care centre by The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). It was alleged that the victim was hit, kicked, undressed and sexually abused and now suffers from anxiety and…

June 4, 2013

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A recent South Korean Study found that: 36% of the child victims file charges with police while 37.8% take no action and 16.8% consider filing charges. Reasons for failing to do so included: Parents of victims giving up due to the difficult procedure of filing charges where young victims have to testify repeatedly. Most families…

September 12, 2012

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Sexual Abuse – Better reporting called for by Victoria’s state Coroner

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Following the recent inquest into the death of a thirty-four-year-old man who was shot and dismembered by his eighteen-year-old stepdaughter, who he had sexually abused for 4 years, in 2008 the coroner recommended that the Education Department improve training to teachers to be better able to recognise child sex abuse. It is estimated that the…

September 8, 2012

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Child Sexual Abuse

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One on five children will be impacted on by child sexual assault. A recent study by the advocacy group Bravehearts evaluated how different states educate children about the risks of sexual assault, how different states empower adults to deal with the issue of child abuse and how different states protect the community from sexual predators.…

September 4, 2012

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