News tagged with sexual abuse victims

Crime Victims' Institute studies adolescent sex and laws

While statutory rape laws have been enacted to protect minors from sexual abuse by adults or peers, more teenagers are engaging in sexual activity before the legal age of consent and are facing sexual assault charges.

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created May 24, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Individuals who are victimized -- especially in childhood -- likely to abuse alcohol and other drugs

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds strong associations between victims' experiences -- such as unwanted sexual activity, neglect and physical violence -- and substance use disorders.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Distrust of Men Doesn't Keep Low-Income Mothers from Romantic Unions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular scholarship that attributes low rates of marriage among low-income mothers to their general distrust of men, a new study led by a Duke University sociologist finds that gender distrust ...

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1




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Girls face 'sexting' threat from peers

A report commissioned by the NSPCC, conducted in collaboration with King’s College London, reveals the level that ‘sexting’ has reached among teenagers, with schoolgirls facing increasing pressure ...

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created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Online predators still loom charge, new research warns

Results from a three-year EU-funded study into the methods and behaviours of sex offenders show that online paedophiles who seek out children in chat rooms are abandoning the traditional 'grooming process'; ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parents blame child sex abuse victims more if perpetrator is another youth, research shows

Parents are much more likely to blame and doubt their children when their child has been sexually abused by another adolescent instead of an adult, according to new research from the Crimes against Children Research Center ...

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created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Tally for violence 'shocking'

The economic costs for women who leave an abusive partner do not end once they walk out the door. In fact, the ongoing costs in Canada equal a staggering $6.9 billion annually.

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created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women in prison: An issue of blaming the individual for social problems

Los Angeles, CA (October 11, 2011) Researchers have long claimed that physical abuse and marginalization lead to criminal activity; however, women in prison are taught to overlook socioeconomic issues and blame only themselves ...

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created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Child abuse in birds: Study documents 'cycle of violence' in nature

For one species of seabird in the Galápagos, the child abuse "cycle of violence" found in humans plays out in the wild.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Gaga's anti-bullying stance can help, says expert

Lady Gaga and other celebrities commenting on bullying have the chance to teach young people about the horrors of bullying abuse, says the director of the University at Buffalo's Alberti Center for the Prevention of Bullying ...

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created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

'Partner abuse is normal' say disadvantaged youth

The levels of violence girls and boys from disadvantaged backgrounds experience in their partner relationships is revealed in new University of Bristol research published today.

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created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

States seek to make it safer to find love online

(AP) -- Something just didn't seem right when Ilana Angel met her Internet date at a bar. He furtively looked around the room and immediately suggested they go someplace else in his car, leaving hers behind ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Indian youth suicide crisis baffles

(AP) -- Chelle Rose Follette fashioned a noose with her pajamas, tying one end to a closet rod and the other around her neck. When her mother entered the bedroom to put away laundry, she found the 13-year-old ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 52


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