Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse within the Family System: Guidelines for an Educational Social Group Work Program

Abstract

Children have the right to be brought up in safe environments. However, this right is often infringed by people who are supposed to provide love, care, and protection to children. These people can include biological fathers, step-fathers, brothers, cousins, aunts, mothers, and uncles. Violation of children takes place in a variety of ways, however, for the purpose of this paper, the focus is on child sexual abuse within the family system. A literature review is adopted as the methodology for the discussions in this paper. The purpose of this paper is firstly to demonstrate that child sexual abuse happens within the family system in South Africa, and secondly, to argue that the prevention of child sexual abuse should start within the family system and this can be achieved by conducting educational social group work sessions on child sexual abuse with the family members.

Primary Sexual Abuse Prevention in School Age Children: A Systematic Review

“…Ideally, sex education for children is given first time by parents at home or family. However, not all parents want to behave openly with children in discussing sexual issues (Masilo, 2018). Active involvement by parents can contribute substantially to the success of school-based programs to prevent child sexual abuse (CSA).…”

Cinsel İstismar Olgularında Adli Görüşme Odalarının Kullanımı: Hâkim, Avukat, Uzman ve Mağdur Görüşleri

“…Çocukların güvenli bir ortamda yetişme ve gelişme hakları, toplumsal kurallar ve anayasal boyutta bir temel hak olarak tanımlanmasına karşın, bu hak zaman zaman çocukların etkileşim içerisinde oldukları bireyler tarafından ihlal edilebilmekte ve cinsel istismar eylemi gerçekleşebilmektedir (Masilo, 2018). Gerçekleşen cinsel istismar öyküsü ise, genellikle anneler olmak üzere bazı aile üyelerinde çocuğu koruyamadıklarına yönelik bir suçluluk duygusunu ortaya çıkarabilmekte, çocuğun çevresinde olumsuz bir ortamın oluşmasına neden olabilmektedir (Azzopardi, Alaggia ve Fallon, 2018).…”

Exploring young people’s constructions of domestic violence as portrayed in the media.

“…The police's contemptuous notion and grievance regarding DV cases are common (Masilo, 2018). For instance, the above grievance from the police illustrates a lack of understanding of the background of DV (Masilo, 2018). This study's findings categorized young people's responses and behaviors in two ways.…”

“…(Matshidiso, Makongoza & Nduna, 2021, pg.15). The police's contemptuous notion and grievance regarding DV cases are common (Masilo, 2018). For instance, the above grievance from the police illustrates a lack of understanding of the background of DV (Masilo, 2018).…”