Child sexual abuse is a global problem that occurs across cultures and socio-economic groupings with profound long term physical and mental health consequences. This study focuses on exploring and describing current social ...

Child sexual abuse is more prevalent than can be expected. It is in one way damaging and the trauma does not end when the abuse stops. The problem rarely occurs in isolation and frequently interacts with other aspects of ...

South Africa is faced with a high rate of substance use and sexual abuse among both sexes of adolescents from a wide range of social backgrounds. So many cases have been reported in the Department of Social Development ...

The motivation for the study had its origin in the fact that sexual abuse in South Africa seems to be a formidable problem which has a detrimental effect on the adolescent’s development and functioning. Social workers have ...

Child sexual abuse is a serious problem that always has been and will be with families and communities. Child sexual abuse occurs within the family, and parents sometimes expect of the child not to tell, or tell the child ...