FACTS
FACT-
PAEDOPHILES ARE LIKELY TO RE-OFFEND..
FACT-
THE MAJORITY of PAEDOPHILES WILL ABUSE 45-135 VICTIMS EACH.....
These are frightening statistics.... Do we have the basis for an epidemic....?
FACT-
AT LEAST 1/4 GIRLS AND 1/7 BOYS WILL BE SEXUALLY ABUSED IN AUSTRALIA THIS YEAR..
FACT-
BOYS AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES MAY BE SEXUALLY ABUSED..
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IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES THE OFFENDER IS SOMEONE KNOWN TO THE CHILD..
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PAEDOPHILES COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND OFTEN HOLD POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY..
FACT-
THEY WILL GO TO EXTREME LENGTHS TO GROOM AND MOLEST CHILDREN
(extreme premeditation)..
FACT-
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE INFLICTS A LIFE SENTENCE ON THE VICTIM..
FACT-
ONLY 5% OF PAEDOPHILES ARE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED..
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1000's of PAEDOPHILES ARE LIVING IN AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITIES..
FACT-
BE VIGILANT-IT COULD BE YOUR CHILD NEXT..
2/3 of sex-crimes in Australia are against our children
Child Sexual/ Sexual Abuse-
does irreparable damage.
It creates a deep and long-lasting impact on the child/ victim,
the family, and the whole
community.
William Allen, a
teacher and former member
of the Australian paedophile support group,
boasted in the early 1980's, that he had
molested
approximately 2000 boys.
There
have been instances of
Australian Paedophiles (Clarence Osborne)
keeping records
of 2,500 children
they have molested.
Sourced-
Investigation into Paedophilia
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ALOT MORE
GOVERNMENT FUNDING is needed to help PREVENT
Sexual ASSAULT-ABUSE and ASSIST VICTIMS in Australia..
WA
Sex assault convicton rate one in 100, inquiry finds
- (10-4-2008)
Registered pedophiles, sex offenders taking trips overseas - (22-9-2007)
Police Probe STIs In Toddlers- (16-9-2005)
NSW
Top Prosecutor Jeremy Rapke Wants Tougher Jail Terms-(28-10-2008)
Shocking figures reveal between 50 and 90 per cent of people with an intellectual
disability will be sexually assaulted - but only a handful of their abusers face court.
-(22-3-2008)
Sexual Assault Survey Reveals How Legal System Fails Victims- (8-1-2006)
Family Networks Targeting Children: Police- (18-12-2005)
Child Porn Offenders Escape Jail Sentences- (23-1-2005)
PROTECTING THE CHILDREN- mandatory Reporting
Sex Offenders Dodge Bans- (8-8-05)
Law Adjourns And Rapist Wins- (29-11-2004)
Police Chief Attacks Standards- (23-11-2004)
11,000 assaults in a year- (21-11-2004)
VIC
Children 'at risk' (7-1-2007)
Girls in cycle of violence (23-11-2006)
Abused children have been left to die - (7-9-2006)
Eye on 200 criminals
- (4-9-2006)
Sibling sex abuse fears- (17-6-2005)
Female abuse more hidden- (4-5-2006)
Paedophiles Unchecked (14-12-2004)
Abused- Child Attacks outlined to Raise Awareness (10-9-2004)
Bendigo Notorious for Abuse Acquittals- Report (26-8-2004)
Sex Crime Reports Up- (24-7-2004)
Abuse Uncovered ( )
SA
SA Dna Database, Doubled in a Year
(28-8-2008)
Sexual Assault Under Reported-
(1-12-2005)
Why Do So Many Sex Cases 'Drop Out' Of System- (2-6-2005)
Paedophiles avoid jail- (18-1-2005)
More Court Suppression Orders- (12-11-2003)
Sharp Rise In Woomera Child-Abuse Allegations-
(24-12-2002)
Crime Victims Need More Help- (March 2001)
QLD
Crime Statistics
Law Lets Offenders Walk- (22-5-2006)
Indigenous Children 'Worse Off'- (22-9-2005)
TAS
Drink-Spiking Evil Exposed - (23-11-2008)
Sex assault fund pledge - (5-3-2006)
System Overload Exposed By Report- (14-7-2005)
National Facts/ Stats
Female pedophiles going undetected- (7-3-2006)
Child Porn Offenders Escape Jail Sentences- (Operation Auxin)- (19-3-2006)
Child Protection Statistics- Australia
Suicide Touches 57pc Of Youth- (30-8-2005)
ABUSE FIGURES- TRULY FRIGHTENING- (11-4-2005)
Little or NO jail for 11% of rapists- 15-3-2005
29,000 sex fiends on myspace- (25-7-2007)
Child Abduction- Amber Alert
Spiked Men and Women
Drinkspiking- One in Four Rape Victims Drugged
Long Term Effects of Child Sexual Abuse- Paul E. Mullen/ Jillian Fleming
SafeCare - Providing a safe haven/secrecy for sex offenders...
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Prevention is the best cure.
MAKO/Files online- listing Australian sex offenders
- FREE PUBLIC SERVICE..
Child Abuse Cracks Fear for Victoria
VICTORIA has one child under state protection for every two in NSW, raising fears abused children may be slipping through the cracks.
Children are being removed from abusive families more than ever before, with almost 35,500 children under care and protection orders nationally last year - up nearly 10 per cent on the previous year.
But just 6100 Victorian children were under protection orders compared with more than 13,000 in NSW, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's annual child protection report shows.
The study follows a scathing Victorian Ombudsman's report last year revealing almost a quarter of the state's abused children were not given case workers.
It found children were put in the care of sex offenders and that staff manipulated documents to meet performance targets.
The latest research shows child protection authorities received more than 207,000 notifications of abuse last year.
Of those, more than 54,000 cases of abuse were substantiated.
More than 6300 Victorian children were confirmed as victims, with more than a third suffering physical abuse and 2.8 per cent being sexually abused.
But the numbers in Victoria were eclipsed by those in NSW, where authorities were able to substantiate more than 34,000 cases of abuse, 10 per cent sex abuse.
Alannah and Madeline Foundation chief executive Dr Judith Slocombe said the extent of abuse was sickening. "Children should be the prime thing we care about in our society," she said.
Police are most likely to notify child protection authorities of abuse, reporting a quarter of all Victorian cases. Schools reported 14 per cent, and welfare organisations 10 per cent.
A spokeswoman for Victorian Community Services Minister Lisa Neville said different reporting requirements made it hard to compare the systems of each state.
"Protecting our most vulnerable Victorians is our number one priority," she said.
The Victorian Government announced a $77 million boost to child protection after the Ombudsman's report.
Federal Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin said new national standards were being developed to ensure the welfare of children in foster homes.
Herald Sun (21-1-2010)
Ben Packham
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Report Finds Majority of Child Sex Offenders Escape Conviction
THE appalling state of justice for our children has been revealed by a damning report that shows 95 per cent of child
sex offenders escape conviction.
The Australian Law Reform Commission has found children are no safer than they were 10 years ago, with the number needing
protection more than tripling - from 91,734 to 309,517 - in the past decade.
And the percentage of children aged between 10 and 17 who come into contact with the police has soared from about 4 per
cent to an estimated 15 to 17 per cent.
The situation has become so bad that children and their families are often discouraged from pursuing cases of abuse
because the chances of a conviction are so poor.
Blaming the failure on key recommendations by the commission being "ignored", report author James McDougall summed up
the frustration, saying: "We have let the children down."
While part of the rise in numbers of children needing protection is due to new mandatory reporting rules, parents grappling
with violence and drug abuse were mainly to blame, the report said.
Following up on the ALRC's landmark 1997 study into children in the legal process, the new report found that little has
changed because recommendations, including a national Children's Commissioner to represent youngsters' interests, have
largely been brushed aside by the Federal Government.
And despite the increased recognition of child sexual abuse, many children still do not report it for years, if at all.
National Children and Youth Law Centre director Mr McDougall said: "We have let them down in situations where they are
at risk in a range of circumstances.
"Child protection is just one of those areas. We should be creating an environment where our children are better off
and protected."
Another of the report's authors, Dr Judy Cashmore, an academic specialising in child protection and welfare, said only
between 5 and 10 per cent of cases that get to court are finalised, with only about half of the accused offenders being convicted.
But she said a key recommendation of the ALRC's previous report, which was to allow the whole of a child's evidence to
be taken before trial and videotaped for presentation in court, had only been taken up in Western Australia.
The number of children being looked after in care has also more than doubled, from 13,979 to 28,441.
Those in care suffered a lack of stability and emotional security, as well as poor
educational performance, said the report.
Aboriginal children were still marginalised with poor health, education and other
rights lagging far behind other children.
Mr McDougall said the Rudd Government appeared more willing to address the problems
than the previous government.
The Daily Telegraph (3-10-2008)
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CHILD ABUSE AT 'FRIGHTENING' LEVELS
CHILD abuse and neglect has reached critical proportions in Australia, according to a
children's charity.
The National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (NAPCAN Foundation)
says every indicator of the problem has worsened each year for the past six years.
CEO Adam Blakester has said it's difficult to put an exact figure on the number of abuse
cases across Australia.
After studying a number of indicators including reports made to state government
departments and the number of children in out-of-school care, Mr Blakester said there
was no doubt abuse and neglect was on the rise.
Mr Blakester said it was frightening to realise there had been a quarter of a million
reports of child abuse in the past decade and at least 40,000 cases of child abuse
substantiated.
"Child abuse is the seed which grows into a whole range of negative social outcomes
and of course there's always a possibility that it will become inter-generational as well."
Mr Blakester has said the Federal Government should put extra effort into prevention
of child abuse and neglect in the lead-up to national child protection week, which starts on Sunday.
AAP (1-9-2006)
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Minders And Minded- Some Child Care Stats
* 20,000 children are in family day-care in Victoria
* Victoria and the NT are the only Australian governments that have not regulated family day-care.
* It is provided in private homes of child-care workers recruited and approved by a co-ordination unit.
* Care schemes in Victoria are accredited by the Federal Government through the National Childcare Accrediotation Council,
and individual providers are monitored through the individual schemes.
* Care is aimed at children from birth to five years old, but can assist children up to 12.
The Age (22-5-2005)
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SA Child Abuse 'Huge Problem'
About 13,500 cases of child abuse are reported annually in South Australia,
according to the latest statistics.
The figures for 2002-03 show an increase of more than 3500 cases in two years- less than 10,000
were reported in the 2000-01 financial year.
Assistatnt police commisioner Madeleine Glynn yesterday described child abuse as "a huge problem".
She is one of a team of police at a three day summit in Sydney working
on how to deal with the 33,000 cases of child abuse reported nationally every year.
Ms Glynn, who attended the summit yesterday, says SA police are working towards a
"one stop shop" for victims: "To prevent and provide for early detection it is necessary
all agencies work together, police, courts and child protection."
The Advertiser (25-10-2005)
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CHILD MOLESTER FEARS
VIEWING child pornography could be a training
ground for becoming an active child molester, according
to South Australian sex offenders rehabilitation expert
Dr Andrea Louis.
Her comments came as SA
Police said two of the 40
people currently under investigation for child pornography
are teachers - but did not
reveal their identities.
Dr Louis, director of the
Sexual Offenders Treatment
Assessment Program, said accessing child pornography revealed a sexual aberration
and a willingness to participate in the abuse of children.
Adelaide Advertiser (11-10-2004)
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Study Reveals Abuse Legacy
WOMEN who have been sexually abused as children are
more likely to harm themselves
and suffer panic disorders for
the rest of their lives.
Research from the Black
Dog Institute in Sydney found childhood sexual abuse
was also an important risk factor for women with depression.
Other results from the study- involving 125 women with depressive disorders-
showed only 11 participants had received counselling or therapy to address the abuse.
It also found parental conflict at home left children vulnerable to sexual abuse outside the home.
Sun Herald (5-9-2004)
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Flinders University Findings on teenagers
* Only 18 per cent of
respondents received
parental support and
guidance for chatroom use.
* 56 per cent had no
parental support and
guidance.
* 26 per cent of parents
were concerned about
chatroom use and
prevented it at home.
However, most teenagers
continued access from
other locations.
* Only 7 per cent of the
Parents of males and 39
per cent of the parents
of females showed
concern or objected to
chatroom use.
Dr Mubarak Rahamathulla (2004)
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Sexual Violence
- In 2003, 18,237 sexual assaults were reported to Australian Police, a 1.5% rise on 2002.
- 82% were female.
- Females aged 10-19 recorded the highest victimisation rate.
- Victims were 4 times more likely to know the offender than other crimes.
- In 29% of cases the offender was a family member.
- 2/3 of sexual assaults occurred in a residential location.
- Among all offences, sexual assaults were least likely to involve a weapon.
Unreported Assaults
- 86% of offenders were male.
- 66% of female victims experienced a single sexual assault, while the rest
experienced two or more.
- Only 20% of female victims reported the most recent assault to police.
- 50% of female victims preferred to deal with the incident themselves, to keep the
matter private, or out of shame or embarrassment.
Recorded Crime/
National Crime- Safety Surveys 2002/
International Violence Against Women Survey 2003.
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