Categorizing Complainant-Accused Relationships in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse: The Distinctive Nature of Community Connections.

IF 1.4 4区 心理学 Q3 FAMILY STUDIES
Katie A Berens, Shelbie F Anderson, Madison B Harvey, Patricia I Coburn, Heather L Price, Kristin Chong, Deborah A Connolly
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We examined the categorization of relationships between child complainants and accused perpetrators in cases of child sexual abuse (CSA). Researchers that have focused on complainant-accused relationships and other case variables, often combining two extrafamilial complainant-accused relationship categories: Relationships where the accused is connected to the child through their position in the community (i.e. community connections) and relationships where the non-relative accused is known to the child through a connection to the child's family (i.e. non-relative family connections). Using a database of 4,237 Canadian judicial decisions in cases of CSA, we reviewed a subset of 1,515 judicial decisions to explore differences between these two relationship categories. Compared to cases involving non-relative family connections, cases involving community connections had more male complainants, more multiple complainants, older complainants, higher frequencies of abuse, longer durations, and longer delays. We conclude that community and non-relative family connections are distinct relationships that should be separated for analyses in future research. Practical implications of recognizing the distinctiveness of non-relative family and community connection relationship categories in the context of abuse prevention and treatment are also discussed.

儿童性虐待案件中投诉人与被告关系的分类:社区关系的独特性质。
我们研究了儿童性虐待(CSA)案件中儿童投诉人和被控犯罪者之间关系的分类。研究人员关注投诉人-被告关系和其他案件变量,通常结合两种家庭外的投诉人-被告关系类别:被告通过其在社区中的地位与儿童建立联系的关系(即社区关系)和非亲属被告通过与儿童家庭的联系而为儿童所认识的关系(即非亲属家庭关系)。利用4,237个加拿大CSA案件司法判决的数据库,我们回顾了1,515个司法判决的子集,以探讨这两种关系类别之间的差异。与涉及非亲属家庭关系的案件相比,涉及社区关系的案件有更多的男性投诉人、更多的多重投诉人、年龄较大的投诉人、更高的虐待频率、更长的持续时间和更长的延误。我们的结论是,社区和非亲属家庭联系是不同的关系,应该在未来的研究中分开分析。在虐待预防和治疗的背景下,认识到非亲属家庭和社区联系关系类别的独特性的实际意义也进行了讨论。
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3.20
自引率
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse is interdisciplinary and provides an essential interface for researchers, academicians, attorneys, clinicians, and practitioners. The journal advocates for increased networking in the sexual abuse field, greater dissemination of information and research, a higher priority for this international epidemic, and development of effective assessment, intervention, and prevention programs. Divided into sections to provide clear information, the journal covers research issues, clinical issues, legal issues, prevention programs, case studies, and brief reports, focusing on three subject groups - child and adolescent victims of sexual abuse or incest, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse or incest, and sexual abuse or incest offenders.
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