TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief Report
T2 - Child Sexual Abuse Inquiries in Hong Kong, 2000–2017
AU - Cheung, Monit
AU - Leung, Carol A.
AU - Chen, Xin
AU - Leung, Patrick
AU - Liu, Elaine Suk-Ching
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Community advocates in Hong Kong found no formal curriculum on child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention and started a newspaper column in 1999 to disseminate public education. This study analyzed the inquiries sent to this prevention column from 2000 to 2017. Content analysis found that, in 515 inquiries, 170 (33%) reported CSA incidents. Based on age information in 147 incidents, female abusers (n = 28) targeted victims averaging 6.48 years of age, which is 3.08 years significantly younger than those abused by male abusers (n = 119). In 82 inquiries with abusers’ age information, 42 minor “abusers” were reported. Early sex education is highly recommended.
AB - Community advocates in Hong Kong found no formal curriculum on child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention and started a newspaper column in 1999 to disseminate public education. This study analyzed the inquiries sent to this prevention column from 2000 to 2017. Content analysis found that, in 515 inquiries, 170 (33%) reported CSA incidents. Based on age information in 147 incidents, female abusers (n = 28) targeted victims averaging 6.48 years of age, which is 3.08 years significantly younger than those abused by male abusers (n = 119). In 82 inquiries with abusers’ age information, 42 minor “abusers” were reported. Early sex education is highly recommended.
KW - female perpetrators
KW - mass media
KW - power misuse
KW - same-sex abuse
KW - Sexual health promotion
KW - underage phenomenon
KW - Youth
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U2 - 10.1080/19317611.2019.1567639
DO - 10.1080/19317611.2019.1567639
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 1931-7611
VL - 31
SP - 71
EP - 76
JO - International Journal of Sexual Health
JF - International Journal of Sexual Health
IS - 1
ER -
