Exemption committees as an alternative to legal procedure in cases of sibling sexual abuse: The approaches of Israeli CAC professionals

Tarshish, Noam; Tener, Dafna

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104088

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“…Note that Israel has a special Exemption Committee, which can allow temporary exemption from reporting abuse to the police together with a referral for therapeutic intervention. The composition of this committee is determined by law, and its members include a senior representative of the State Prosecutor’s Office, a police officer and a district-level child protection officers (CPOs) (Tarshish & Tener, 2019). The committee is authorized to grant a permanent exemption or to cancel the temporary exemption and order legal intervention (Roth, 2010; Tener et al, 2019).…”

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“…For example, in cases of Muslim children, the committee can decide to grant exemption from mandatory reporting that endangers the victims’ lives and instead offer an alternative which includes creating safety plan for the victim: Separate the victim from the perpetrator and ensure the victim is not be abused again by the perpetrator or other family members, including the extended family (Herzog & Yahia-Younis, 2007). Thus, the exemption committee serves as a tool for professionals to deal with the inherent complexity of CSA cases and to create an alternative intervention route that better fits the family unit, enabling discretion based on professional judgment and therapeutic needs (Tarshish & Tener, 2019).…”

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“Yes, My Uncle, I’ll Do Whatever You Say”: Experiences of Israeli Muslim Arab Children During Forensic Interviews Following Child Sexual Abuse

Katz

Tener

Marmor

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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Children from Arab society in Israel have been overlooked in previous studies and efforts in the area of forensic interviews. The current study provides an in-depth thematic analysis of 30 forensic interviews with Israeli Muslim Arab children following child sexual abuse (CSA), all conducted by Arab forensic interviewers. In multicultural Israeli society, Muslim Arabs make up 18% of the population. In addition to the religious and cultural difference, this minority is involved in an ongoing conflict with the majority Jewish society in Israel and tends to have low trust of government authorities. This background necessarily affects the area of forensic interviews with children. The research explores the unique encounter between maltreated children from Israeli Muslim Arab society and forensic interviewers, highlighting its particular characteristics and challenges. Data analysis revealed a central theme of a clash of worlds. The forensic interviewers, although hailing from a similar background as the children, followed best practices developed in western societies. The children, on the other hand, faced enormous conflict in addressing CSA terminology and complying with the requirements of the forensic world in ways that are forbidden to the them in their own. Moreover, having been educated to accept the authority of adults unquestioningly, the children were torn between the difficulty of disclosing the abuse to someone outside the family, and the obligation to communicate candidly with the adult interviewer as required in the forensic context. The findings highlight the urgent need to reform the services these children receive and to dedicate future efforts to further assessment of cultural context and its impact on maltreated children, particularly in the forensic context.

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“Yes, My Uncle, I’ll Do Whatever You Say”: Experiences of Israeli Muslim Arab Children During Forensic Interviews Following Child Sexual Abuse

Katz

Tener

Marmor

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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“…Like with other forms of sibling abuse, studies suggest that sibling sexual abuse is often normalised, most often by parents and guardians (Tarshish & Tener, 2019; Tener et al, 2018). Some parents have been found to see these behaviours as harmless, perceiving it as a form of age-appropriate curiosity; others are believed to minimise it or deny due to shame (Tarshish & Tener, 2019; Tener et al, 2018; Tener et al , 2019). Bass et al (2006), for example, present two contrasting case studies of families where there has been sibling incest; one of the families found the behaviour as normal whereas the other did not.…”

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Sibling Experiences of Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Scoping Review

Donagh

Taylor

Mushaikhi

et al. 2022

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Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events during childhood known to affect health and wellbeing across the life-span. The purpose of this scoping review was to understand what we currently know about the experiences of siblings living with ACEs. Sibling relationships are unique, and for some the most enduring we experience. These relationships can be categorised by love and warmth, however, can also be a point of escalating conflict and problems. This scoping review was conducted following Arksey and OMalleys (2005) methodological framework, complemented by the PAGER framework (Bradbury-Jones et al, 2021), offering a structured approach to the reviews analysis and reporting through presenting the Patterns, Advances, Gaps, and Evidence for practice and Research. In June 2020 we searched 12 databases, with 11,469 results. Articles were screened for eligibility by the review team leaving a total of 148 articles meeting the inclusion criteria. Findings highlighted five main patterns: (1) the influence of birth order (older siblings shielding younger); (2) the influence of sibling relationships (lack of research exploring sibling types outside of biological siblings); (3) identifying siblings experiencing ACEs (when one sibling experiences adversity, it is likely that their other siblings also do, or experience vicariously); (4) siblings who cause harm (siblings harming other siblings is often normalised and minimised, especially by parents); (5) focus on individual ACEs (the majority of studies explore ACEs in isolation). Our findings suggest future research would benefit from an increase in theoretical understanding and exploration of different types of sibling relationships (full, step, half).

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“…Furthermore, it has been found that policies related to physically and emotionally abusive sibling relationships are unclear (Perkins et al, 2017; Perkins & O'Connor, 2015). The lack of clear policies in these cases is highly problematic when the offending siblings are under the age of legal responsibility (Tarshish & Tener, 2020). Previous studies have found that siblings' physical and emotional abuse is often misinterpreted as sibling rivalry (Noland et al, 2004) and, therefore, not considered to require intervention (Thibeaux, 2019).…”

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Sibling dynamics in the context of parental child maltreatment: A theoretical model grounded in data

Katz

Tener

Nadan

2022

J of Family Theo & Revie

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This article presents and discusses a theoretical model grounded in data regarding sibling dynamics in the context of parental child maltreatment. The model aimed to explain the process by which parental maltreatment shaped the siblings' dynamics while following the process from childhood to adulthood. The model is based on the triangulated analysis of three samples: 120 forensic interviews with maltreated children, 83 interviews with adults who experienced maltreatment in childhood, and 48 interviews with professionals. The theoretical model presents key concepts for sibling dynamics: sibling camaraderie, sibling abuse, parentified sibling, and sibling cut-off. In addition, the overlap and movements within and between these concepts are discussed, as well as contexts that might explain the model.

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Exemption committees as an alternative to legal procedure in cases of sibling sexual abuse: The approaches of Israeli CAC professionals

Cited by 14 publications

References 39 publications

“Yes, My Uncle, I’ll Do Whatever You Say”: Experiences of Israeli Muslim Arab Children During Forensic Interviews Following Child Sexual Abuse

“Yes, My Uncle, I’ll Do Whatever You Say”: Experiences of Israeli Muslim Arab Children During Forensic Interviews Following Child Sexual Abuse

Sibling Experiences of Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Scoping Review

Sibling dynamics in the context of parental child maltreatment: A theoretical model grounded in data

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