Child Sexual Abuse Statistics
PrevalenceHow Prevalent is Child Sexual Abuse?FACT: The real prevalence of child sexual abuse is unknown because so many victims do not disclose or report their abuse. Researchers have suggested rates varying from 1% to 35%. Most professionals in the field of abuse use rates from 8% to 20%.More... Is Child Sexual Abuse Getting Worse?FACT: Identified incidents of child sexual abuse are declining, although there is no clear indication of a cause. More... Understand the RisksAre There Certain Factors that Put A Child at Risk for Sexual Abuse?FACT: Children of every gender, age, race, ethnicity, background, socioeconomic status and family structure are at risk. No child is immune. FACT: Family and acquaintance child sexual abuse perpetrators have reported that they look for specific characteristics in the children they choose to abuse.More... Who Abuses Children?FACT: Those that molest children look and act just like everyone else. There are people who have or will sexually abuse children in your church, school and youth sports leagues. Abusers can be neighbors, friends and family members. Most significantly, abusers are often children themselves.More... When, Where and How does Abuse Occur?FACT: Many perpetrators "groom" victims and their families.More... What About Sexual Abuse Associated with the Internet?FACT: All avenues that lead to child sexual abuse should be addressed, but internet sex crimes against children are a very small part of the entire problem.More... Reporting AbuseWhat About Identifying and Reporting Sexual Abuse?FACT: Child sexual abuse reports should be made to the state’s child protective services agency, the police or both. Research on disclosure rates tell us that less than a third of incidents/cases are disclosed or identified, and even fewer are reported.More... How Many Child Sexual Abuse Perpetrators Go to Jail?FACT: Research suggests that far fewer than 1/3 of child sexual abuse incidents are identified or reported. Of those identified by professionals, up to 25% of these are not reported. Police make arrests in about 29% of cases reported to them. More than 13% of sex offenses are not prosecuted.More... ConsequencesWhat are the Immediate Consequences for the Child Victim?FACT: If child sexual abuse left physical scars instead emotional ones, people would be horrified. Sexual abuse can negatively impact every part of a victim’s life. The real tragedy is that it robs children of their potential, setting into motion a chain of events and decisions that follow the victim throughout his or her life. It is important to note that victims suffer a wide range of reactions to sexual abuse, both in magnitude and form. Resilient children may not suffer serious consequences, whereas other children with the same experience may be highly traumatized.More... What are the Long Term Consequences that Occur When Child Sexual Abuse Victims Become Adults?FACT: The consequences of child sexual abuse often follow victims into adulthood. Most people have no idea that the effects of child sexual abuse are so pervasive in adult life. Although survivors of child sexual abuse are negatively impacted as a whole, it is important to realize that many individual survivors do not suffer these consequences. Child sexual abuse does not necessarily sentence a victim to an impaired life.More... What are the Long Term Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse for Society?Few have ever given thought to the tremendous impact child sexual abuse has on the economy and social fabric of our society. Child sexual abuse is at the root of many societal problems. If we examine each of the common individual consequences of child sexual abuse in light of the prevalence rate, we can see how child sexual abuse has ramifications for each and every one of us.More... |
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