The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) periodically conducts Crime and Safety Surveys which provide information on both reported and unreported crimes as well as socioeconomic characteristics of the victims. ... Although crime victim surveys produce more accurate estimates of incidence and prevalence rates than police statistics, and confirm that many offences are not reported to police, they too are acknowledged to underestimate violent crimes of an intimate nature, particularly sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse (Grabosky 1989; National Committee on Violence 1990). ... Vi...

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Statistics and rising crime levels indicate young people had left their homes because of the increase in domestic violence, poverty and instability. ... "Based solely on the cases, we are able to document, we know that rape and abuse of children in this country is way out of control. ... A report from the South African Human Rights Commission outlined how they had urged the government to make sexual violence against children a priority and create specialised courts for the crimes. ...

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We appreciate the way the VAWS acknowledged that even with all of these efforts to allow for realistic statistics, there always remains under-estimates in survey based measures of violence. ... Previous studies on violence have focused on explaining stranger violence - crimes that occur on the street or in public places. ...

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We appreciate the way the VAWS acknowledged that even with all of these efforts to allow for realistic statistics, there always remains under-estimates in survey based measures of violence. ... Previous studies on violence have focused on explaining stranger violence - crimes that occur on the street or in public places. ...

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Child Sexual Abuse It is frightening to realize how widespread sexual abuse is in our society and yet how strong the denial of it is.1 "Don't waste your time talking about what an aberration it is and how unlikely it is " just get to the place where you understand that one of the things humans do is have sexual contact with children,"" says [Gavin] de Becker, author of Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane).2 Sex with children is a crime. ... Russell, The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women (New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1986)],...

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We argue for an alternative base for action, one that can be followed. ... Legislators were unsuccessful in passing a bill that would have made it a clear crime to prevent medical treatment to a child who has a risk of dying or being disabled. ...

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There is no one identifying feature that marks a person capable of committing such unfathomable crimes" ("What is Animal Cruelty"). ... As the American Humane Association writes, seventy percent of animal abusers have a crime in their record ("Facts About Animal Abuse & Domestic Violence"). ... If one thinks about it, a person who commits a crime doesn't have any feelings towards what they are doing. ...

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The root of these crimes lies a society in which patriarchy determines the worth of human beings, with women treated by men as possessions and things. ... The Power Theory is based on the male struggle for dominance which thrives on the use of coercion. ...

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Domestic violence against women is widespread phenomenon that has affected the lives and health of women's mental and physical health. Domestic violence can be sexual violence between couples such as rape or incest. One out of every three female homicide victims is killed by their husbands or boyf...

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The problem of battered women has only come into the limelight in the past few years, its progression toward public awareness paralleling the growth of the women's movement. Historically, there has never been any public outcry against the brutality of battered women. But now we are learning the pr...

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Now it is child abuse', a famous crime, a red handle they can grab for- (The Guardian, 20 February 2000:28). ... In the case of sport, the denial of abuse and, increasingly sexual abuse, comes from a set of characteristics that are based around sport :- That sport is a morally pure category of behaviour That fair play is a concept applicable to children/players rather than coaches That sport is a site of justifiable male privilege over females That in the main, sport organisations are apolitical and should remain so That sexual matters in sport are taboo (Brackenridge,...

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