Such an INTERESTING coincidence that with all the abusive fathers getting unsupervised visitation or custody these days, that child abuse has SUDDENLY QUADRUPLED since 2004. Now how could that have happened, hmm?
And how INTERESTING that of all the perpetrators counted, 15% are fathers and 12% are stepfathers or de facto stepfathers (27%). There are no statistics that specifically mention mothers at all, except that 6% of the cases are caused by "other close family members." So it seems that mothers and others (grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, etc.) are lumped in that 6%.
Explain to me again just who represents the major danger to children?
http://www.generationnext.com.au/blog/?p=1032
Silent child abuse epidemic growing in NSW
March 16th, 2010 Child Abuse, violence
Cold hard facts about perpetrators
23% are known to the child
15% are the natural father of the child
12% are either the stepfather or de facto of the child
1,831 charges of child abuse were laid in 2009, and
451 arrests following reported sex crimes in 2009*
The NSW State Joint Investigation Response Squad (JIRS) is working to ensure the provision of a specialist child protection service. It supports Local Area Commands across NSW and works in partnership with the NSW Department of Community Services (DoCS) and NSW Department of Health (Health). It also operates in close association with the Sex Crimes Squad.
The squad is currently investigating over 3,000 cases which some victims as young as two or three years old. “In (most) cases in the last year, the offender was known in some way or another to the victim,” said Detective Superintendent Devaney, Head of the State Crime Command’s Joint Investigation Response Squad, he went on to say ” any instance of child sex assault or significant physical assault should never happen.”
Because family members are often behind these acts, many of the children are unable to alert anyone to what they are being subjected to; they feel confused because the sacred bond of trust has been broken. 15% of the cases being investigated involve the child’s natural father, 12% involve a stepfather or defacto and 6% other close family members.
Acting State Crime Commander Geoff Beresford said “offenders instil a lot of fear in a child,” and they are unable to tell anyone. The squad often rely on information given to them by neighbours and schools. Victims carry deep scars for the rest of their lives any spend many years struggling with the consequences of another person’s vial act upon them.
Writer Helen Splarn. Editor Dr Ramesh Manocha
