Blog #1 Sex offenses on children
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The article stated that ‘the number of people convicted of sex offences on children aged fewer than 16 in England and Wales has increased by nearly 60% in six years’. The increase in convictions suggests that more people are feeling more confident in reporting what has happened to them, which is great. Even though more people are becoming aware of abuse and reporting more incidents a lot of abuse crimes still go without conviction. “Donald Findlater from the Lucy Faithfull Foundation . . . said the increase in convictions could suggest courts were increasingly likely to find people guilty, even if the number of children reporting abuse remained the same.”
The problem with sexual abuse crimes is that a lot of people do not report them, especially children. Whether it is because they are scared of what the abuser might do to them or their family or because they are afraid of what people may say about them. Some children may actually feel like it was their fault that the abuse happened to them. We as a people should attack this problem head on and let people know that this is not okay and it is not something that people should just sit back and let happen. There needs to be more consequences for this crime. That is why educating people all around the world about the importance of sexual abuse is vital in the process of solving this global problem and putting more people behind bars to prevent it from happening to anyone else.
1 comment:
I agree, people don't report the issue enough and that is the major problem. I think what we can do to help is know the signs, be very cautious with who we leave our kids around and where they go as well as, offering a safe haven for these who were victims of this so that they are comfortable talking about it so that we can catch these people
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