Child Safety Advocate @Childsafety23

Child Safety Advocate, protecting children from pedophiles. Joined April 2021

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Child Safety Advocate @Childsafety23

3 years ago

Perpetrators frequently seek out children who are particularly trusting (Conte et al., 1987) and work proactively to establish a trusting relationship before abusing them (Budin & Johnson, 1989; Conte, Wolfe, & Smith, 1989; Elliott et al., 1995; Warner-Kearney, 1987).

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Child Safety Advocate @Childsafety23

3 years ago

Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults (including assaults on adults) occur to children ages 17 and under (Snyder, 2000).

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Child Safety Advocate @Childsafety23

3 years ago

In 98 percent of child abuse cases reported to officials, children’s statements were found to be true (NSW Child Protection Council, cited in Dympna House 1998).

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Child Safety Advocate @Childsafety23

3 years ago

Seventy-three percent of child victims do not tell anyone about the abuse for at least 1 year. Forty-five percent do not tell anyone for 5 years. Some never disclose (Broman-Fulks et al, 2007).

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Child Safety Advocate @Childsafety23

3 years ago

Males made up 90 percent of adult child sexual assault perpetrators, while 3.9 percent of perpetrators were female, with a further 6 percent classified as ’unknown gender’ (McCloskey & Raphael, 2005).

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Child Safety Advocate @Childsafety23

3 years ago

95 percent of sexually abused children will be abused by someone they know and trust (NAPCAN 2009).

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Child Safety Advocate @Childsafety23

3 years ago

1 in 3 girls are sexually abused before the age of 18. (The Advocacy Center) 1 in 5 boys are sexually abused before the age of 18. (The Advocacy Center)