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2 results foundAuthor: Women and Child Rights Project (WCRP) Title: Cracks in the Silence: Sexual Violence against children and challenges to accessing justice in Mon State and Mon areas of southeast Burma Summary: Since 2013, the number of reported cases of violence, particularly sexual violence, toward children in Burma has increased dramatically. HURFOM itself has seen a significant increase in the number of cases of violence toward children received between 2013 and 2016. However, due to the shame and stigma associated with sexual violence, as well as the challenges faced when accessing justice in Burma's complex, pluralistic legal system, it is likely that the number is much higher than actually documented. This report analyzes 20 cases of violence toward children received from Mon State and Mon areas of southeast Burma between December 2013 and January 2017. The types of violence ranged from rape to human trafficking; however, in the majority of cases sexual violence was identified as the primary motive. In all cases received by HURFOM, the victims were female and those experiencing violence ranged in age from as young as three to 17 years of age. While HURFOM acknowledges the small size of the dataset, this report aims to provide a platform for community perspectives on issues that they have identified as important to them, rather than to make general conclusions regarding the phenomenon. While analyzing the cases, interesting patterns in how families navigated the pluralistic legal system in Burma emerged, as well as a number of challenges they face when accessing justice while reporting a crime involving sexual violence. Thus, this report looks not only at individual cases, but also at the challenges villagers face when pursuing justice and the forms of agency, both individual and collective, they use to overcome these obstacles. As law makers in Burma are currently drafting a national policy on the prevention of violence against women, as well as amending the 1993 Child Law, this report’s findings and recommendations are particularly relevant and serve as a guide for law makers to promote and protect women and child rights. Details: Kanchanaburi, Thailand: Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), 63p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 29, 2017 at: http://www.rehmonnya.org/reports/Cracks-in-the-Silence-Eng.pdf Year: 2017 Country: Burma URL: http://www.rehmonnya.org/reports/Cracks-in-the-Silence-Eng.pdf Shelf Number: 144629 Keywords: Child Abuse and Neglect Child ProtectoinChild Sexual Abuse Sexual Violence Violence Against Women, Children |
Author: Scott, Terri-Lynne Title: Child Victims of Federally Sentenced Offenders: A Profile of Victims and Perpetrators Summary: Data surrounding the types of crimes that occur against children, the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim, and the impact of the crimes on the victims' health and development, particularly among child victims, are not routinely collected and are poorly understood. The primary purpose of this study, therefore, was to gain further insight into: 1) the characteristics of a population of federal offenders who have committed a crime against a child, and 2) the characteristics of child victims identified from a random sample of these offenders. Federally sentenced men and women offenders who have ever had a child victim on the current or a previous sentence, and who were under the jurisdiction of the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) at the time of data extraction were included in the study. This resulted in a total population of 3518 offenders (103 women and 3415 men), ranging in age from 17 to 91 years of age. The majority of this population were White (60.6%); 26.5% self-identified as Aboriginal, and 6.6% self-identified as Black. We found that over half of the population of offenders who had committed a crime against a child were incarcerated for a sexual crime and had an average sentence length of about 4 years. A sample of 488 offenders from this population was randomly selected for an in-depth file review to obtain further information on offenders' victims and the offenders' own personal victimization experiences. A total of 1665 victims (child and adult) of offenders who had at least one crime against a child were identified. The victims' average age was 11.4 years at the time of the victimization. The number of victims per offender identified through file review, ranged from 1 to 87, with a mean of 11.8. At least 43% of the offenders in the sample themselves had histories of being abused as a child, most frequently by their parents. The crimes most often perpetrated against the child victims of these federal offenders were sexual although about one- third of the victims experienced some form of nonsexual violence. Most perpetrators were known to the victims (71% of the cases), counter to the common perception that strangers are mostly responsible for these crimes. Victims experienced a range of negative psychological and physical consequences as a result of the crimes committed against them. Compared to child victims who were not registered with the National Victim Service Program (NVSP) at CSC, those who were registered were more likely to have been victimized by a parental figure, more often the victimization took the form either of an abuse of power, position or authority, or assault with a weapon, and they were more likely to be victims of offences of a sexual nature. Child victims are a vulnerable group in need of support and protection. Incomplete information documenting the offences committed against them and their impact has hampered research and limited understanding in this area. More systematic documentation on individuals who are victims of crime will allow for appropriate service delivery that addresses their specific needs. Details: Ottawa: Correctional Service of Canada, 2017. 37p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 19, 2017 at: http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/scc-csc/PS83-3-381-eng.pdf Year: 2017 Country: Canada URL: http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/scc-csc/PS83-3-381-eng.pdf Shelf Number: 147735 Keywords: Child ProtectoinChild Victims Victim Services Victimization Victims of Crime |