CHILDHOOD VICTIMS

Childhood Victims



Child Victim

Introduction

The American Medical Association defines child sexual abuse as "the engagement of a child in sexual activities for which the child is developmentally unprepared and cannot give informed consented”. Children who have been a victim of sexual or physical abuse may result with significant problems such as emotional instability, depression and a tendency to be aggressive or violent with others. According to the research on sexual abuse, most of the culprits who perform such immoral acts are themselves having been the victim of the same act in their childhood. This statement will be proved with the ...