sexual abuse
Let an agent explain sexual abuse in a factual, non-explicit and survivor-centred way, relay definitions, legal frameworks, prevention, reporting routes and support from child protection, public health and legal sources with inquiry findings attributed, route immediate danger and disclosures to emergency and support services, and distinguish sexual abuse from sexual harassment, sexual assault as a legal term, consensual activity and online grooming as a precursor, without victim-blaming.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain sexual abuse in a factual, non-explicit and survivor-centred way, relay definitions, legal frameworks, prevention, reporting routes and support from child protection, public health and legal sources with inquiry findings attributed, route immediate danger and disclosures to emergency and support services, and distinguish sexual abuse from sexual harassment, sexual assault as a legal term, consensual activity and online grooming as a precursor, without victim-blaming.
Unwanted sexual activity imposed on a person without consent, through force, coercion, manipulation or exploiting a person who cannot consent, including child sexual abuse, which the registry aliases name along with child rape, commercial sexual exploitation of children and pedocriminality, a French-derived term for sexual crimes against children, and country or institutional topics such as child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom and abuse cases in the Anglican Communion, which are topics rather than kinds; it causes serious and lasting harm, is a crime in almost all jurisdictions with definitions varying by law, and is addressed by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and inquiries into institutional abuse, whose findings are attributed. Survivors can access support services, and anyone in immediate danger should contact emergency services. The model contains no explicit content.
What it is for: Not applicable; a form of abuse and crime, described for prevention, support and understanding.
It can be explain definitions non-explicitly; relay legal frameworks and reporting routes; route danger and disclosures to support; present inquiry findings with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Absence of consent or capacity
Serious lasting harm
Criminal offence
Institutional failures investigated
What it looks like
Not described; warning signs are behavioural and are explained by child protection agencies.
Physical character
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: 1989 year - Articles 19 and 34
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse final report: 2022 year - England and Wales
WHO estimates: widespread prevalence note - figures vary by study, attributed
How it is recognised
Non-consensual sexual activity or exploitation
Commercial sexual exploitation of children, child sexual abuse, child rape, Anglican Communion sexual abuse cases, pedocriminality, child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom
Sexual harassment is unwanted conduct often without contact; sexual assault is a legal category; consensual activity involves capacity and consent; grooming is building trust to abuse
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is addressed by -
is contrasted with -
is related to - precursor
In practice
Families and kinds
child sexual abuse
adult sexual abuse
sexual exploitation and trafficking
institutional abuse
online sexual abuse
Standards and regulation
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Optional Protocol on sale of children
Council of Europe Lanzarote Convention
National criminal and safeguarding laws
Failure modes and hazards
Explicit or sensational content
Victim-blaming language
Failing to route disclosures and danger
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What sexual abuse is.
Attribution.
Safety
Immediate safety.
Safety
Safety.
- Is anyone in immediate danger, or is a child at risk now, in which case contact emergency services? boundary
- Is someone disclosing abuse, in which case listen, believe, avoid blame and point to specialist support and reporting services? boundary
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is sexual abuse, and how does it differ from sexual harassment, sexual assault as a legal term, consensual activity and grooming? definition
- What do the terms child sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of children and pedocriminality mean? definition
Law Law and reporting.
Regulation.
Frameworks
Legal frameworks.
Frameworks
Frameworks.
- How do the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Lanzarote Convention address sexual abuse? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Reporting
Reporting routes.
Reporting
Reporting.
- How can abuse be reported to police, child protection services or online reporting bodies, checked against current local sources? action
- Is the information current? boundary
Prevention Prevention and support.
Attribution.
Prevention
Prevention.
Prevention
Prevention.
- What prevention approaches do WHO and child protection agencies recommend, with evidence attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Support
Survivor support.
Support
Support.
- What kinds of support services and therapies help survivors, as health bodies describe? provenance
- Which entry fits sexual assault referral centre? action
Context Institutional inquiries.
Attribution.
Inquiries
Institutional inquiries.
Inquiries
Inquiries.
- What did inquiries into abuse in religious and state institutions, including in the United Kingdom and the Anglican Communion, find, with findings attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral, non-explicit and attributed? boundary
Language
Survivor-centred language.
Language
Language.
- Why do child protection bodies recommend terms such as child sexual abuse material over older terms? provenance
- Which entry fits Luxembourg Guidelines? action
What the second pass must settle
- The registry aliases for country and institutional abuse topics should be split into separate topic entries
- How should national support services be linked and kept current?
- How should inquiry findings be attributed consistently?