In the article titled “Canadian suspected on sex abuse of young boys tries to kill himself as Cambodia police came for arrest” (http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/02/24/c
Anadian-suspected-in-sex-abuse-of-young-boys-tries-to-kill-himself-as-cambodia-police-came-for-arrest/), a shocking story is reported of a Canadian man who attempted to commit suicide after Cambodian police moved to arrest him on allegations of child-sex (Humphreys, 2014). The alleged offender, whose name has not been released to the media, is a resident of Montreal, Canada.
Suspicions escalated after child protection workers, employed by Cambodian group Action Pour Les Enfants (APLE), received a tip on February 20, 2014 from a non-governmental organization in the Siem Keap area of Cambodia. Led by APLE, the resulting investigation consisted of interviews with six boys, aged 10 to 14 years of age, two of whom initially admitted to having experienced and been victims of sexual abuse.
While searching for the location of the identified suspect, APLE workers witnesses the individual leading four young boys into a forest. However, by the time police arrived on scene, the suspect had disappeared into the trees. The four boys were subsequently taken to the police station for questioning, upon which three boys admitted to experiencing sexual abuse at the hands of the suspect. With testimony from the three boys, an arrest of the Montreal man was ordered.
On February 23, three days after the initial tip was received by APLE, police carried out an arrest, attending the suspect’s temporary residence, a low rate hotel room. Upon his realization of what was happening, the suspect locked himself in his room and attempted to commit suicide, using a pocketknife to cut wrists and...
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...ication for punishment. It holds within it the concept of hedonism as an automatic attempt to “maximize pleasure and minimize pain” (Williams & McShane, 2014) as well as the belief that “the value of any pleasure or pain would be determined by its intensity, duration, and certainty” (Williams & McShane, 2014). The biggest difference between Canada and Cambodia in how the sexual abuse of children is dealt with lies in the levels of deterrence towards it. The implementation of strong laws along with consistent enforcement of those laws creates a high level of deterrence, which I believe is the most effective way in controlling crime.
As outlined in the article Cambodia has already began this process. As long as the Cambodian government is able to persevere and continue in their classicalist approach to law, rates of child sexual abuse throughout the nation will fall.
On June 19th of 1990, Robert Baltovich’s girlfriend Elizabeth Bain went missing. Elizabeth told her family that she was going to check the tennis schedules at her school, the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. She never returned, but her car was eventually recovered. It was found with blood on the backseat, with forensic tests showing that it was Elizabeth’s. With no clear evidence, the “solving” of the case was completely based on eyewitness testimonies, which eventually had Robert arrested for the murder of his girlfriend.
...“the Vancouver department had a bias against sex workers.” The majority opinion of the department was evident, the women were no more than misplaced prostitutes. Therefore, they did not require priority status. Rather than, acknowledging the possibility of a serial killer, the VPD and RCMP ignored tips that could have incriminated Robert Pickton. The tips collected consisted of, public complaints regarding a serial killer preying on addicts and prostitutes, individual police suspicion, and a 1999, eye witness statement of a butchered women on the Picton farm. Lastly the report addressed critical devices which could have been used to apprehend Pickton earlier. The two specifically mentioned were, Kim Rossomo, a geographic profiler who was ignored when he warned of a serial killer, and the investigators who were not provided with key information relevant to the case.
The Associated Press, DNA Tests for Jeffrey MacDonald/ Former Physician Seeks Evidence in 1970 ‘Fatal Vision’ Slayings. Newsday. March 24, 1999. Retrieved from eLibrary on the World Wide Web: http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/
Child abuse is an issue in every state, every country, worldwide. There is no place that is immune to child abuse. This being stated they need better policies in place regarding the education on child abuse. Many people have many different opinions on how to lessen the amount of child abuse that goes on in this country, however many of them focus on stricter punishment for the abuser’s (Hmurovich, 2009). However, they know that stricter punishment will not lessen the amount of child abuse; it would truly have little to no impact on...
Child abuse is everyone’s business. Child abuse is mistreatment of children. Child abuse can be in various forms such as sexual, physical, neglect, emotional, mental, and verbal. Child abuse often occurs because adults blame all of their stress on the children, or from substance abusement, being a single parent/stepparent. There are ways to prevent child abuse.
Imagine a four year old girl growing up in contemporary Cambodia. Each morning she wakes up miles from home, homesick and scared. She is forced to beg for money for the brothel that she belongs to, and all of her earnings go straight to her master. Then, that night, about seven men come to the brothel. These men, some as old as fifty, often pay as little as two dollars to partake in sexual intercourse with these school-aged children. The toddlers enslaved in the horrific sex trade are forever stripped of their purity, making human trafficking a major issue in present day Cambodia. Over 30,000 children are sexually exploited annually (“Children for Sale”), and millions have been forced into human trafficking in the past ten years. Additionally, multiple calculations by human trafficking specialists show that, “at least ten times as many girls are now trafficked into brothels annually as African slaves were transported to the New World in the peak years of the trans-Atlantic slave trade” (Kristof), putting the issue as a high priority to abolish. Moreover, with such a large number of prostituted girls in Cambodia, the birth rate has skyrocketed in the years after the Cambodian genocide, when the sex-trade developed due to cultural differences and ethnic diversity in the country. A corrupt communist government, the Khmer Rouge, executed over thirty percent of the population of Cambodia in just four years. However, the ethnic conflict has led to more brothels, causing a larger population. This large birth rate has created overpopulated cities and poor sanitation. Furthermore, education is an issue due to the lack of responsible teachers and classroom availability, and many girls are rejected by their fa...
Child abuse in the Middle East is a very serious matter, but not to the people who are living their. To us, child abuse should be stopped as soon as possible, but yet we are stuck. We as a country want to help around the world. The Middle East have some of the biggest issues like child abuse. in fact, that is their main issue. They don’t try anything to stop child abuse because they do NOT want too. They want to continue abuse. Our organizations want to help stop child abuse and we want to start in the Middle East.
Obviously the use of children for sexual gratification is bad, but how bad is it? First of all, it is not just the initial incident that is the crime. The psychological issues facing children who have been sexually abused are numerous. Children who are abused sexually have the event (or multiple events) follow them into their adult l...
Sexual abuse is a very common and prevalent problems in the United States. Approxmately 80,0000 cases of child abuse are reported every year. ("Child sexual abuse," 2011) However, these numbers may not be accurate. Several cases of sexual abuse go unreported. “It is estimated that one in four women are sexually abused during their childhood” ("Definitions, scope, and,"). The actual number of sexually abused males is vastly underreported, but it estimated that possibly “one in six males are sexually abused as children”("Definitions, scope, and," ) . The effects of child abuse are long lasting and can cause problems in the child's adult life. It is very important to understand how to recognize sexual abuse, what steps can be taken to help stop the abuse, and what help is available for the child. (Crosson-Tower, 2013)
The purpose of this study is bring light to child abuse and serious of a issue it is.
Child trafficking has been a widespread issue within Cambodia for decades, with no immediate solution or end in sight. The prevalence of child trafficking is largely caused by the lack of action by the government, caused by the oppression of the issue, as well as the societal normalization and desensitization to it, however, many organizations have begun to combat this issue, and continue to make change within Cambodia.
In poverty stricken Southeast Asia, every day children become trapped into the prostitution industry. Strangers or even close family members and friends deceive children into sex trade. Once trapped, chances of escape are low. With the sex industry growing and thriving, countries in Southeast Asia continue to tolerate the retail of children for sex acts.
The problem of child exploitation is far too common in Thailand. Female children are being targeted because of their lack of rights and overall economic status. In order to eliminate the unfair exploitation of girls in Thailand the Thai government must take responsibility for their lack of enforcement and provide a way for its people to obtain a livable future.
Hadi A. Child abuse among working children in rural Bangladesh: prevalence and determinants.Public Health. 2000;116:380–6.
As any other problem, child abuse has some causes which need to be solved. The causes include poverty in the family of the abusers, lack of sufficient education, marital problems, violence between family members, unemployment, inadequate housing, social separation, and lack of support from their family. Some public attitudes also inspire child abuse. This include, support of the use of violence and force, accepting physical punishing of children, racial discrimination, the public gives the singular ‘ownership’ right and the right to treat their children the way they want (Lemoncelli). These attitudes play an important part in encouraging child abuse and they need to be changed so as to stop the vice of child abuse.