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Human Development, Children, and Deceptive Behavior
Published in Harold V. Hall, Joseph G. Poirier, Detecting Malingering and Deception, 2020
Harold V. Hall, Joseph G. Poirier
Still more recently, the problem of false allegations of child sex abuse in disputed custody matters has encompassed the dynamic of false or distorted allegations of parental violence (Johnston, Roseby, & Kuehnle, 2009; Saunders, 2015). The unassailable assertion is that children are negatively impacted by parental violence in any form (e.g., spouse abuse, sibling abuse, or aggressive behavior), no matter whether the child has been a victim or witness of the purported violence. A generic allegation of parental violence does not capture the same judicial skepticism as allegations of child sexual abuse. Allegations of parental violence are often equally as difficult to substantiate, or refute, as parental sex abuse allegations. The bench can be left with no meaningful alternative, but to reluctantly assume the allegations to be accurate and impose appropriate protective measures. The literature reflects a still growing effort to develop clinical strategies to delve into the problems posed in evaluating disputed child custody matters (Ackerman & Ackerman, 1997, 1999; Keilin & Bloom, 1986). This topic remains an area of forensic practice needing continued empirical work.
Child Sexual Abuse in Pakistan Schools: A Non-Systematic Narrative Literature Review
Published in Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2021
Shumaira Rahim, Caitlin Bourgaize, Majid Khan, Laurie Matthew, Ian Barron
Research is currently limited on the nature and extent of CSA in Pakistan and, therefore, further incidence and prevalence studies are needed. Studies that focus on sibling abuse will be an important addition to this field. Given the limited research evidence, it is premature to recommend the delivery of CSA programs in Pakistan schools. It is currently unknown what the best content, modes of delivery, and who is best to present these programs. Research is needed at a conceptual level to explore the appropriate development of the content, structure and processes of CSA prevention programs attuned to Pakistan’s school context. Research studies utilizing rigorous methodologies are also needed to evaluate the efficacy of program delivery. Such studies need to explore a range of types of programs delivered by differing presenters in different ways. Finally, once there are sufficient quality studies, it will be important to conduct a systematic review of the nature of child sexual abuse and efficacy of school-based abuse prevention in Pakistan.
Untold Stories: Male Child Sexual Abusers’ Accounts of Telling and Not Telling about Sexual Abuse Experienced in Childhood
Published in Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2020
Mothers are less likely to be supportive if the alleged abuser is their partner, or they have a dependent or intimate relationship with them (Pintello & Zuravin, 2001). Fear of the abuser, together with some concern as to what might be lost on an economic and emotional level, appears to have played a part here in some mothers’ decisions not to believe and support their child. Where disclosure is made in childhood, victims’ aims are often to protect themselves and end the abuse (Tener & Murphy, 2015). Unfortunately, consistent with other findings on the outcome of disclosure (Smith et al., 2015), telling did not always result in the abuse ending for the men in this study. Moreover, an element of containment appears to characterize some of their experiences of telling. In one man’s disclosure of sibling abuse there is evidence of the “damage and risks” associated with an attempt to negotiate “private solutions” to the discovery of abuse (Finkelhor et al., 1988, p. 113). Sibling abuse is the most prevalent and hidden form of intra-familial abuse (Stathopoulos, 2012). It will remain undetected if families attempt to manage the problem themselves (Hackett & Masson, 2006) by “silencing” victims (Children’s Commissioner for England, 2015, p. 13), and both victims and perpetrators will be denied appropriate support.
“It’s Just the Abuse that Needs to Stop”: Professional Framing of Sibling Relationships in a Grounded Theory Study of Social Worker Decision Making following Sibling Sexual Behavior
Published in Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2020
This is not to suggest that the majority of sibling physical and sexual behaviors are not normal and expected aspects of growing up, which may have developmental benefits. It is vital not to start pathologising normal and healthy behaviors. However, it is also important to recognize the possibility for sibling relationships, and not just sibling behaviors, to be abusive. Awareness-raising and space for critical reflection regarding the existence of the sibling relationships frame and our resultant tendency for constrained ways of thinking is required. It is imperative to assess carefully and take seriously reports of sibling sexual behavior and physical aggression, including the views of the child who has been harmed, the potential emotional impact of the behavior, and the nature and quality of the sibling relationship. Sibling abuse may signal an already abusive relationship and/or may damage the ongoing quality and value of that relationship. This may not necessarily negate any possible future value in that relationship, and does not suggest that sibling children need necessarily to be separated in the immediate aftermath of sibling abuse. That is a separate debate. What is clear, however, is that following sibling abuse it is vital to work individually and together with the siblings in order to support and repair their relationship if there is any intention for living and contact arrangements to be maintained or restored.