Sexual Abuse And Children

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there are two more that aren't.” Why in Virginia Beach alone in
1993 the social services office counted 6,613 sexual abuse cases reported.

The reason only a third of the cases are reported because most of
the time the abuser is a friend or family member. In fact the book Child
Abuse: an american epidemic says “only 28% of child molestors are
strangers.” Most of the time the abuser is the money maker in the family
and the child fears that if the molestor gets taken away that they will
have nothing. If it is a friend or another family member they don't tell
because they don't want to ruin the friendship or break up the family.

Sexual abuse has several categories and although illegal
throughout the united states penalties vary in different states. Social
services says”Right now in Virginia for “touching” sexual abuse the
offender can get 3-7 years with chance of parole and child molestors are on
the top of the list to receive parole which can reduce that sentence to ...

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