Re: Poor monitoring of child & increased risk of sexual abuse

["sherioz" <sherioz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It has been my experience and that of others working in the field here in
Israel, that in the Arab sector where girls are kept close to mother's apron
strings and boys are given free rein outside the home,  the percentage of
boys abused in childhood is greater than that of girls.  I don't think this
has yet been documented formally.

Sheri Oz


----- Original Message -----
From: Philippa White <pipwhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
<CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 3:48 PM
Subject: RE: Poor monitoring of child & increased risk of sexual abuse


> Ariana,
> Perhaps it is useful to consider the broader context of 'poor monitoring
> of children' as potentially symptomatic of parental sociological or
> psychological difficulties, and the prevalence of sexual abuse as linked
> to an intergenerational cycle of abuse.
> Probably (the very scarce) research literature targeting child neglect
> would provide the most relevant material for your project.
> My impressions of recent child abuse literature is that, from a
> methodological perspective, it is of questionable value to isolate
> 'neglect' from 'abuse', although it used to distinguish between active
> and passive acts of harm to children.
> Please contact me if you would like some references.  My recent research
> in this field confirms my intuitive supposition that poor parental
> monitoring/neglect/ family socio-economic disadvantage/ and concomitant
> systemic factors naturally result in an increased risk of childhood
> sexual abuse (Doh!).
> For the abused individual it also increases susceptibility to subsequent
> 'targeting' by sexual predators, and a heightened risk of developing
> sexually-abusive behaviours.  It is important that these
> seemingly-obvious perspectives on child welfare issues are researched,
> published and effectively communicated to mass media.
> Philippa White.
> University of Western Australia.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Ariana Wall
> Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2003 9:40 PM
> To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
> Subject: Poor monitoring of child & increased risk of sexual abuse
>
>
> It seems to me rather intuitive that low monitoring of children would be
>
> associated with an increased risk of sexual abuse but I have not found
> much
> literature discussing this relationship.  Can any one point me toward
> research on the association (or lack thereof) between low parental
> monitoring and increased risk of sexual abuse?
>
> Thanks.
> Ariana Wall
>
>
>
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> School of Social Work
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