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There are four major types of child abuse:

physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse,
Child pornography exists and emotional abuse.
freely on the Internet.

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can stop this exploitation.
Physical Abuse is characterized by the infliction of physical injury as
a result of punching, beating, kicking, biting, burning, shaking or
otherwise harming a child.
Report a site

What Can I Do About Porn The statistics on physical child abuse are alarming. It is estimated
Spam? hundreds of thousands of children are physically abused each year by a
parent or close relative. Thousands die. For those who survive, the
Net file-sharing exposes kids emotional trauma remains long after the external bruises have healed.
to porn

Children who have been abused may display:

Sexual Overtures in E-Mail

The Age of Innocence a poor self image

sexual acting-out
The Evidence of Harm
inability to trust or love others
An International Perspective
aggressive, disruptive, and sometimes illegal behavior
anger and rage
National Domestic
self-destructive or self-abusive behavior
Violence/Abuse Hotline
suicidal thoughts
1-800-799-SAFE
1-800-799-7233 passive or withdrawn behavior
1-800-787-3224 TDD anxiety and fears
school problems or failure
feelings of sadness or other symptoms of depression
Rape, Abuse, and flashbacks, nightmares
Incest National Network
drug abuse
(RAINN)
1-800-656-HOPE alcohol abuse
Free, confidential counseling and
support 24-hours a day
Often the severe emotional damage to abused children does not surface
until adolescence or later, when many abused children become abusing
parents. An adult who was abused as a child often has trouble
 STOP IT NOW!
1-888-PREVENT
Monday - Friday,
1:00 - 5:00 PM, Eastern Time.
Please call this
confidential toll-free helpline
if you are sexually abusing a
child, or you think you know a
child who is being abused.
More Hotlines and Helplines.
Reporting Child Abuse
Go to the State Directory of
Family Help to find your state's
hotline number for reporting
suspected abuse. The reporting
party must be calling from the
same state where the child is
allegedly being abused.
If there is no toll-free number for
reporting abuse on your state's
Family Help page, or when the
reporting party resides in a
different state than the child,
please call your local child
protective services agency or
ChildhelpUSA
1-800-4-A-Child
1-800-422-4453
Organizations and
Support
American Professional Society
on the Abuse of Children
Association for the Treatment
of Sexual Abusers ~ An
international organization focused
specifically on the prevention of
sexual abuse through effective
management of sex offenders.
The Broken Spirits Network ~
Online community and support
group that focuses on aiding both
current and past victims of child
abuse, sexual abuse, and
domestic violence. Provides a
comprehensive list of shelters,
hotlines and organizations that
can provide help for potential
victims.
establishing intimate personal relationships. T hese men and women may
have trouble with physical closeness, touching, intimacy, and trust as
adults. They are also at higher risk for anxiety, depression, substance
abuse, medical illness, and problems at school or work.
Child Neglect is characterized by failure to provide for the child’s
basic needs. Neglect can be physical, educational, or emotional.
Physical neglect includes refusal of or delay in seeking health
care, abandonment, expulsion from the home or refusal to allow a
runaway to return home, and inadequate supervision.
Educational neglect includes the allowance of chronic truancy,
failure to enroll a child of mandatory school age in school, and
failure to attend to a special educational need.
Emotional neglect includes such actions as marked inattention to
the child’s needs for affection, refusal of or failure to provide
needed psychological care, spouse abuse in the child’s presence,
and permission of drug or alcohol use by the child. The
assessment of child neglect requires consideration of cultural
values and standards of care as well as recognition that the failure
to provide the necessities of life may be related to poverty.
Child sexual abuse has been reported up to 80,000 times a year,
but the number of unreported instances is far greater, because the
children are afraid to tell anyone what has happened, and the legal
procedure for validating an episode is difficult.
Sexual abuse includes fondling a child’s genitals, intercourse, incest,
rape, sodomy, exhibitionism, and commercial exploitation through
prostitution or the production of pornographic materials. Many experts
believe that sexual abuse is the most under-reported form of child
maltreatment because of the secrecy or "conspiracy of silence" that so
often characterizes these cases.
Child sexual abuse can take place within the family, by a parent, step-
parent, sibling or other relative; or outside the home, for example, by a
friend, neighbor, child care person, teacher, or stranger. When sexual
abuse has occurred, a child can develop a variety of distressing feelings,
thoughts and behaviors.
No child is psychologically prepared to cope with repeated sexual
stimulation. Even a two- or three-year-old, who cannot know the sexual
activity is "wrong," will develop problems resulting from the inability to
cope with the over-stimulation.
The child of five or older who knows and cares for the abuser becomes
trapped between affection or loyalty for the person, and the sense that
the sexual activities are terribly wrong. If the child tries to break away
from the sexual relationship, the abuser may threaten the child with
violence or loss of love. When sexual abuse occurs within the family, the
child may fear the anger, jealousy or shame of other family members, or
be afraid the family will break up if the secret is told.
A child who is the victim of prolonged sexual abuse usually develops low
self-esteem, a feeling of worthlessness and an abnormal or distorted
view of sex. The child may become withdrawn and mistrustful of adults,
CASPER (Concerned Adults
and Students for Physical
Education Reform) ~ Exercise
as punishment is interpreted as
corporal punishment in many
states.
Child Abuse Prevention
Network ~ For professionals in
the field of child abuse and
neglect.
and can become suicidal. Personality disorders, such as Dissociative
Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder), have been linked to
sexual abuse.
Some children who have been sexually abused have difficulty relating to
others except on sexual terms. Some sexually abused children become
child abusers or prostitutes, or have other serious problems when they
reach adulthood.

Child Welfare League ~ An Often there are no obvious physical signs of child sexual abuse. Some
association of more than 1,100
public and private nonprofit signs can only be detected on physical exam by a physician.
agencies that assist over 3.5
million abused and neglected
children and their families each
Sexually abused children may develop the following:
year with a wide range of
services.
unusual interest in or avoidance of all things of a sexual nature
Enough is Enough ~ Works to
protect children and families from
the dangers of illegal sleep problems or nightmares
pornography and on-line
predators. Excellent site with
many articles and resources.
depression or withdrawal from friends or family
Incest Awareness Foundation ~
New York organization that works
to bring about awareness of this seductiveness
growing problem and to support
victims in their healing.
statements that their bodies are dirty or damaged, or fear that
International Child Abuse
Network there is something wrong with them in the genital area

The Johnny Gosch Foundation

~ Educates on the reality and eating disorders
seriousness of kidnapping and
pornography and how it could
happen to your family. self-injury or self-mutilation (cutting)
Making Daughters Safe Again ~
Extensive support forum for refusal to go to school
survivors of mother-daughter
sexual abuse.

delinquency
Morality in Media ~ Interfaith
organization that combats
obscenity and upholds decency
standards in the media. It conduct problems
maintains the National Obscenity
Law Center, a clearinghouse of
legal materials on obscenity law,
and conducts public information secretiveness
programs to educate and involve
concerned citizens.
running away
National Center for Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder
aspects of sexual molestation in drawings, games, fantasies
National Clearinghouse on
Child Abuse and Neglect
Information ~ A national unusual aggressiveness
resource for professionals
seeking information on the
prevention, identification, and
treatment of child abuse and suicidal behavior
neglect and related child welfare
issues.
Emotional Abuse (psychological/verbal abuse/mental
National Foundation to Prevent injury) includes acts or omissions by the parents or other caregivers
Child Sexual Abuse ~ Promotes
national criminal history checks of
that have caused, or could cause, serious behavioral, cognitive,
volunteers and employees who emotional, or mental disorders. In some cases of emotional abuse, the
have unsupervised access to
children. acts of parents or other caregivers alone, without any harm evident in the
child’s behavior or condition, are sufficient to warrant child protective
National Organization on Male services (CPS) intervention. For example, the parents/caregivers may
Sexual Victimization ~
Committed to the prevention,
use extreme or bizarre forms of punishment, such as confinement of a
treatment, and elimination of all child in a dark closet. Less severe acts, such as habitual scapegoating,
forms of sexual victimization of belittling, or rejecting treatment, are often difficult to prove and, therefore,
boys and men.
CPS may not be able to intervene without evidence of harm to the child.
National Organization for
Victim Assistance ~ A private, Although any of the forms of child maltreatment may be found separately,
non-profit organization of victim they often occur in combination. Emotional abuse is almost always
and witness assistance programs
and practitioners, criminal justice present when other forms are identified.
agencies and professionals,
mental health professionals,
researchers, former victims and
survivors, and others committed Information provided by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the
to the recognition and
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information.
implementation of victim rights
and services.

Operation Blue Ridge Thunder Information, Articles, Research

~ Internet Crimes Against
Children Task Force.
About Mother-Daughter Sexual Abuse
Parents Anonymous ~
Encourages all parents to ask for
help early, whatever their Adolescents’ Beliefs about Rape: A preliminary study ~ Students
circumstances, to effectively were found to adhere to common rape myths including those pertaining
break the cycle of abuse to
protect today's children and to stranger rape, male rape victimization, sexual needs of rapists, and
strengthen tomorrow's generation pregnancy and rape.
of parents. For groups in your
state, go to the State Directory of
Family Help. Adult-Child Sex: Is It Abuse or Misuse? ~ By suggesting that innocent
children not place the blame squarely where it belongs, -- on the adult, --
Parents for Megan's Law are we turning the clock back to the days of telling rape victims that they
Provides assistance to parents
and organizations about ways to
"asked for it"?
effectively and responsibly
manage Megan’s Law high risk
sex offender notifications on a Care of the Adolescent Sexual Assault Victim ~ Information from the
community level and helps raise American Academy of Pediatrics about sexual assault and rape in
awareness about the public’s adolescents, the adolescent's perception of sexual assault, and the
rights for information under
Megan’s Law and ways to treatment and management of the adolescent who has been a victim of
prevent childhood sexual abuse. sexual assault.

Paul and Lisa ~ Addresses the

growing crisis of children, youth Child Abuse and Multiple Personality Disorder ~ The syndrome of
and young adults at risk for multiple personality disorder (also known as dissociative identity disorder)
sexual exploitation, including is associated with a high incidence of physical and/or sexual abuse in
juvenile prostitution and
pornography, by providing childhood.
education, professional training,
crisis counseling, street outreach,
court based rehabilitation, and the Child abuse 'myths' shattered ~ A study by the National Council for the
development and distribution of Prevention of Cruelty to Children (UK) has found that most cases of child
prevention information.
sexual abuse involve brothers and not parents. It also found that
incidents of sexual assault are more likely to be carried out by friends and
PedoWatch ~ Its mission is for
public awareness and to lawfully children of their own age.
assist law enforcement in
protecting children from being
exploited or molested as a result Child abuse, neglect can trigger permanent brain damage ~ The
of communicating on the Internet abuse-related brain damage appears to foster such problems as adult
or being exploited through child
pornography.
aggressiveness, depression, anxiety and even memory and attention
impairment.
Prevent Child Abuse America ~
Working at the national, state and Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources ~ Comprehensive
local levels to prevent the abuse
and neglect of our nation's page by Dr. Jim Hopper, Clinical Psychologist and Research Associate,
children. Boston University School of Medicine and The Trauma Center in

The Safer Society Foundation ~
A national research, advocacy,
and referral center on the
prevention and treatment of
sexual abuse.
Safeguarding Our Children -
United Mothers (SOC-UM) ~ A
non-profit organization dedicated
to public awareness, prevention
of child abuse, and a resource to
those who have been wounded
by child abuse.
Sasian ~ Sibling Abuse
Survivors' Information and
Advocacy Network
Speak Out for Stephanie
Provides information and creates
public awareness about all sex
offenders, victim's rights, and the
quandary within the criminal
justice system. SOS Chapters on
college campuses.
Survivors of Clergy Abuse
Linkup ~ Sexual abuse and
exploitation of believers by their
spiritual leaders is a tragic fact
that can be found in all sects and
denominations of all the religions
in the world.
Survivors of Educator Abuse
and Misconduct Emerge ~
SESAME believes the power
imbalance between a teacher and
a student of any age creates a
climate that can facilitate sexually
exploitative behavior by the
teacher, behavior that is
psychologically equivalent to
incest.
World Congress Against
Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children
YES International Child Abuse
Network
Provides crisis, information and
referral services world-wide for
those who are having issues
around child abuse.
Books
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Brookline, Massachusetts.
Child Abuse Quilts ~ Bring these quilts to your community to be a focal
point in a discussion about child abuse, and the prevention of abuse and
violence against children.
Child Pornography: An International Perspective ~ This paper begins
by providing a definition of child pornography, examining the scope of the
problem, and describing the characteristics of both victims and
exploiters. It presents a discussion of the uses of child pornography and
of the effects that child pornography may have on both child victims and
on potential and actual offenders.
Childhood Abuse and Adult Stress ~ A study links trauma, depression
and response to anxiety.
Children At Risk of Abduction and Sexual Abuse on the Internet ~
The numbers of child abductions and sexual abuse via the internet are
mounting rapidly, and the protection afforded by cyberspace creates a
frightening world where the abuse of children can hardly be tracked.
Children Victims in Half of Sex Crimes ~ Children are the targets of
more than half of all sexual assaults, according to a Massachusetts study
that tracked defendants for 10 years.
Corporal Punishment in Schools ~ The use of corporal punishment in
the school reinforces the notion that physical aggression is an acceptable
and effective means of eliminating unwanted behavior in our society.
Criminal Lawsuit Search ~ Find out if anyone has a criminal conviction
in most courthouses in the U.S.
Date Rape or Abuse Not Just Girls' Problem ~ Nearly one in 10 girls
and one in 20 boys say they have been raped or experienced some other
form of abusive violence on a date.
Dirty Secrets: Why Sexually Abusive Teachers Aren't Stopped ~
This series by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette uncovers the pervasive
problem of bad teachers, examines their activities and discusses how to
plug the holes in the system that allows the molesters to circulate
throughout the country.
Does cruelty to animals lead to cruelty to people? ~ It is now widely
recognized that perpetrators of violent behavior are more likely to have
participated in violent acts against both children and animals, and that the
seeds of their behavior were planted in early childhood--often being
passed down through similar behavior by a parent or other significant
adult.
Early Abuse Leads to Adult Mental Illness, Researcher Says ~ The
harsh words, brutal beatings or sexual advances of a parent or older
family member might actually cause brain deformities in a child that
plagues them into adulthood.
The Effect of Domestic Violence on Children ~ If tension, anger, and
violence are present in the home, a child will know about it -- whether or
not he or she has witnessed it directly and whether or not abuse is openly
 discussed.
Read All The Books
Emotional Abuse: An Oft-Ignored Enemy ~ Emotional abuse is
systematic disregard of a child's need for unconditional love.

Facts About Homosexuality and Child Molestation ~ Many child

molesters cannot be characterized as having an adult sexual orientation
at all -- they are fixated on children.

The "False Memory" Movement's Remedy for a Nonexistent

Problem ~ The "false memory" movement has manifested primarily as a
When Your Child Has Been media presence that discounts sexual abuse survivors as first-hand
Molested: A Parent's Guide to witnesses to their own experiences. Its message of disbelief has
Healing and Recovery compromised the healing process of many and placed more children at
by Joyce Case and Kathryn B. risk by helping perpetrators escape accountability.
Hagans
Step-by-step information through
everything likely to be Ground Lost: The False Memory/Recovered Memory Therapy
experienced, from the moment
you suspect child abuse, through Debate ~ Courts and therapists should consider repressed memories no
the periods of emotional turmoil differently than they consider ordinary memories.
and seemingly endless legal
procedures that follow, and on to
the time when the family is once Helping Children Who Witness Family Violence ~ Suggestions that
again whole.
can help a child who lives in a violent situation.

The History of Child Abuse ~ The history of humanity is founded upon

the abuse of children. The propensity to re-inflict childhood traumas
upon others in socially-approved violence is actually far more able to
explain and predict the actual outbreak of wars than the usual economic
motivations, and we are likely to continue to undergo our periodic
sacrificial rituals of war if the infliction of childhood trauma continues.

How to Check for a Criminal Record ~ Contact information for state

How Long Does It Hurt?: A agencies that can help you check for a criminal record.
Guide to Recovering from
Incest and Sexual Abuse for
Teenagers, Their Friends, and How Can Megan's Law Help? ~ This and other commonly asked
Their Families questions from Parents for Megan's Law.
by Cynthia L. Mather and Kristina
E. Debye
Concrete and practical advice on How Megan's Death Changed Us All ~ Article by Maureen Kanka about
many crucial issues, including: the creation of the Megan Nicole Kanka Foundation that continues to
knowing who to tell, getting safe, fight for the rights of sexually abused children everywhere.
dealing with friends, becoming
comfortable with your sexuality,
going to court, living with your
family after you tell, and The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children
ultimately, surviving the trauma of and Teens ~ Explores the existence of a double standard in the care and
sexual abuse. treatment of male victims, and the invisibility and normalization of
violence and abuse toward boys and young men in society.

Is Your Child Being Sexually Assaulted? ~ If one in three children is

sexually victimized, will all the children you know escape?

Juvenile Sexual Aggression ~ Although the body of research is largely

limited to small, clinical samples, the available evidence on juvenile sex
offenders suggests these characteristics.

The Truth Will Set You Keeping Youth Sports Safe and Fun ~ The most common form of
Free: Overcoming Emotional maltreatment in youth sports is emotional abuse.
Blindness
by Alice Miller
The author of Thou Shalt Not Be Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect ~ A summary of the
Aware: Society's Betrayal of the
Child shows how the effects of
cruelty to children are more
immediate and more persistent
than we ever feared. Drawing on
cutting-edge research on brain
development, Miller offers
troubling evidence that spanking
and humiliation produce residual
defensiveness and denial. Such
denial, she argues convincingly,
spirals into an emotional
blindness that can ultimately cut
off awareness and the ability to
respond to new situations. If the
cycle repeats itself, the child is
likely to become an abusive
adult. Read the author interview,
It is Never Right to Hit a Child.
Soul Murder: The Effects of
Childhood Abuse and
Deprivation
by Leonard Shengold
In this compelling, disturbing, and
superbly readable book, Dr.
Shengold explores the
devastating psychological effects
of this trauma inflicted on a
shocking number of children.
Abused Boys:
Abused Boys: The Neglected
Victims of Sexual Abuse
by Mic Hunter
This myth-breaking study
explains the ways in which boys
are molested and the reasons
why men remain silent about it
later in life.
A Mother's Nightmare --
Incest: A Practical Legal
Guide for Parents and
important features of statutes mandating persons to report child abuse
and neglect. References to statutes, articles and resources in all 50
states.
Megan's Law ~ From the New Jersey Law Network.
Mothers and Children: Understanding the Links Between Woman
Battering and Child Abuse ~ In 32% to 53% of all families where
women are being beaten, their children are also the victims of abuse by
the same perpetrator.
Myths About Male Sexual Abuse ~ For any male who has been
sexually abused, becoming free of these myths is an essential part of the
recovery process.
Official State and Regional Sex Offender List ~ This is a collection of
all known online sex offender registries published by state, regional or
local law enforcement agencies.
Our Endangered Species: A Hard Look at How We Treat Children ~
We must take the abuse of a child as an offense against (and threat to)
our survival.
Parent Abuse: The Abuse of Parents by their Teenage Children pdf ~
Published by the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, this 60-
page paper defines parent abuse and discusses how wide spread it is,
who is likely to be abusive, who is likely to be abused, the effects it has
on the family, and how to get help for the abusive youth.
Pandora's Box: The Secrecy of Child Sexual Abuse ~ 270+ pages of
child protection and abuse prevention information.
Physical Punishment and the Development of Aggressive and
Violent Behavior ~ Most studies are supportive of a relationship
between physical punishment and aggression.
Physical Punishment in the Home ~ Children are the only people in
this society anybody is allowed to hit. All the rest of us are legally
protected.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ~ Information and resources on Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), including the symptoms, who is at
risk, and how parents can help and support their their traumatized child.
Predators Among Us ~ PrimeTime investigates release of dangerous
sexual offenders.
Prosecuting Sex Crimes, Child Abuse, and Computer Crimes ~
Comprehensive review of the statutes and appellate decisions that
govern sex crimes, child abuse, and computer crimes.
Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse: Scientific Research and
Scholarly Resources ~ Amnesia for childhood sexual abuse is a
condition that is beyond dispute. At least 10% of people people sexually
abused in childhood will have periods of complete amnesia for their
abuse, followed by experiences of delayed recall.
Professionals
by John E. Myers
Easy to read and including step-
by-step strategies, this manual
answers the critical questions
asked by parents who encounter
the possibility of incest, such as:
What happens to a child who
experiences abuse? What can I
do if the abuse cannot be
established? How do I find out
what my legal options are? What
can I do to keep emotionally
balanced? What will happen in
the court system?
Dangerous Schools: What
We Can Do about the
Physical and Emotional
Abuse of Our Children
by Pamela A. Snook
This book makes a strong
argument against school abuses
and offers clear and proven
strategies for change. It will
appeal to parents who suspect
that their children have been
maltreated by educators and for
advocates who desire a blueprint
for social change.
—James Garbarino, author of
Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn
Violent and How We Can Save
Them
Dangerous Dating: Helping
Young Women Break out of
Abusive Relationships
by Patricia and Gaddis Riddle
The number of teen victims of
dating violence is escalating at an
alarming rate. This book alerts
parents to this trend and prepares
them to better prevent and
respond to crisis situations
precipitated by violence against a
daughter. Visit Teen Violence.
Researchers link child abuse and aggression ~ Overly severe physical
discipline can affect the way children interact with their families and the
rest of the world, especially if the maltreatment occurs at an early age
when children look to their parents as role models.
Researchers offer an operational definition of emotional abuse ~
Categories include rejecting, isolating, terrorizing, ignoring, corrupting,
verbally assaulting, and over-pressuring.
Ritual Abuse ~ Experts disagree about whether or not "ritual abuse"
exists, the range of situations to include in the category, and the extent
and significance of these situations.
Ritual Abuse Newsletter ~ The purpose of this bimonthly newsletter is
to help stop ritual abuse and to help those who have been ritually
abused, and show the possible connections between secretive
organizations, ritual abuse, and mind control.
Ritual Abuse of Children ~ In the last number of years, there have been
growing concerns over an abhorrent type of child abuse - "satanic, ritual
or sadistic abuse." The reports of these kinds of activities have been
growing in numbers.
Satanic abuse no myth, say experts ~ A specially commissioned
British government report concludes that satanic abuse does take place
in Britain; its victims have suffered actual abuse and are not suffering
from "false memory syndrome."
Services for women and children escaping prostitution ~ Listing of
helping programs and organizations compiled by Prostitution Research
and Education.
Sexual Abuse Tied to 1 in 4 Girls in Teens ~ One in four girls has been
sexually or physically abused or forced by a date to have sex against her
will. Those who have had such experiences are far more likely to show
signs of depression and to engage in risky health behaviors, including
smoking, drinking and using drugs, eating disorders, failing to use
contraception and becoming pregnant.
Sharks ~ On-line predators, including pedophiles, lurk behind the cloak
of anonymity. Three articles on pornography and the internet.
Sibling Rivalry or Sibling Abuse? ~ As parents, we may be tempted to
ignore fighting and quarrelling between children. We may view these
activities as a normal part of growing up. However, thousands of adult
survivors of sibling abuse tell of the far-reaching negative effects that
such unchecked behavior has had on them as children and adults.
Sibling Sexual Abuse: An Emerging Awareness of an Ignored
Childhood Trauma ~ When one sibling exerts his or her power or
applies pressure on a sibling to engage in -- or to allow -- sexual activity,
it is abusive behavior.
Sibling Sexual Abuse: A Parent's Guide ~ This booklet is written for
parents who know or suspect there is sibling abuse in their family and
want to do something about it. It's also written for parents who want to
 understand and prevent sibling sexual abuse in their family.

Sports Lose Element of Fun when Young Athletes Reap Abuse from
Parents, Coaches ~ Verbal abuse in sports is particularly humiliating
and damaging because it's done in a public arena.

Statistics on Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse ~ From the

But I Love Him: Protecting National Center for Victims of Crime.
Your Teen Daughter from
Controlling, Abusive Dating
Teens and Abuse ~ Information and resources from SafeNetwork, a
Relationships
by Jill Murray program of the California Department of Health Services.
One in three girls will be in a
controlling, abusive dating
relationship before she graduates Testimony of Andrew Vachss before the United States National
from high school—from verbal or Commission on Libraries and Information Science ~ For the
emotional abuse to sexual abuse
or physical battering. Is your
predatory pedophile, accessing a child via the Internet is a lot easier (and
daughter in danger? Visit Teen safer) than trolling a playground. The real danger of the Net to children
Violence. lies in its interactive capability. Read this important document.

Their Secret Shame: Families Torn Apart By Hidden Abuse ~ Sexual

abuse combined with child pornography does not just take a toll on the
children involved. The trauma upends the entire family. And the
rebuilding process is invariably long and lonely. This is one family's story.

Trauma Treatment Manual ~ This manual was originally written for

people working in the field with women survivors of rape in Bosnia, but it
can be used more broadly as a guide for helping anyone of either gender
who has survived any kind of trauma.

Treating the Denying Sex Offender ~ Is the convicted sex offender who
denies his/her offense(s) treatable?

Understanding Sibling Incest ~ Although sibling incest offenders may

be known to have suffered from abuse themselves prior to their abusing,
the sibling abuse they inflict may, in part at least, stem from their own
unmet needs as much as or more than from the fact of having been
abused themselves.

The Universality of Incest ~ It is incest itself -- and not the absence of

incest -- that has been universal for most people in most places at most
times. Furthermore, the earlier in history one searches, the more
evidence there is of universal incest, just as there is more evidence of
other forms of child abuse.

The unsparing rod ~ Schools are still fighting over the right to paddle.

A Victim or Not? ~ The terrible story of Becky whose abuse began at

age 3 by her father, older brother, and four other men.

Violence and the Family ~ The best way to promote violence-free

families is to stop the development of abusive behavior, especially in
boys and men; to strengthen and empower potential victims to resist or
avoid victimization; and to change the environment that promotes the use
of violence.

Violence Begins At Home ~ Physical violence in the family probably

blights the lives of more people than all genetic disorders put together.
 Violent Families and Youth Violence ~ Are children who are victims of
maltreatment and abuse during childhood more apt to be violent when
they are adolescents? Are children who are exposed to multiple forms of
family violence, not just maltreatment, more likely to be violent?

What are the Differences between the Effects of Short-Term versus

Chronic Trauma?

What is Emotional Abuse? ~ Like other forms of violence in

relationships, emotional abuse is based on power and control.

What the Research Says About Physical Punishment ~ In the United

States, legal and social norms give parents the right to use physical
punishment to control and train their children.

When Sports Aren't Fun for Kids Anymore ~ Your child may be the
victim of an abusive coach.

Yoga, meditation help teen sex offenders ~ Yoga and meditation

techniques could be valuable tools in helping teenage sex offenders
reduce or control their deviant impulses, according to research at the
University of Utah.

Youngsters are confronting sexual overtures in e-mail ~ According to

a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 19% (almost
one in five) of surveyed Internet users between the ages of 10 and 17
had been targets of "unwanted sexual solicitation" at least once in the
past year. The survey used the term "sexual solicitation" to encompass
not only requests to engage in sexual activity but also sexual talk and
unwanted sexual information.

The Zero ~ Official website of Andrew Vachss, an attorney who

represents children and youth exclusively, with 30 years experience in
child protective work. The Resources section contains extensive listings
for organizations, agencies, articles, and links on child abuse and
violence. Go to this site, then take a stand.

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