Sexual Abuse Case Study

Introduction Many children sixteen and under suffer from psychological conditions such as Sexual Abuse. Sexual abuse is when a criminal or perpetrator forces a victim to have sexual relations with him or her by using violence or threats. Sexual Abuse, unfortunately, affects people of all ages including infants. In other words, sexual abuse does not just target a specific age or gender. However, in 2010, approximately 40% of children in the United States who were under eighteen years of age had experienced sexual abuse. Also, 90% of the children are familiar with their perpetrators. In many cases, the criminal may be someone close to the victim such as a family member or family friend.
When a victim is sexually assaulted, it may lead to psychological effects such as

In the comparison group, there were 512 women that had never encountered unwanted sexual abuse actions and 187 women who were affected by undesirable sexual activities. Additionally, for the purpose of this study, six categories of intrusive sexual conduct were itemized for this study which included: unwanted oral sex, unwanted genital touch, penetration, vaginal penetration, intercourse or anal sex. These specific categories were used to question the women who experienced sexual assault. The six categories were each organized into three variables which were “oral sex, genital touch, and vaginal intercourse” (Rellini, Meston, 2007). The task given to these women was to answer questions referring to the three variables. The way this worked was that if a female reported at least one out of the three variables, then she would score a “1” which is identified as a CSA survivor. According to the researcher’s article, 3.2% of women reported having all three types of variables and 7.0% of women reported having at least two types of variables. (Rellini, et. al