Children Sexually Abusing Children

Children Sexually Abusing Children

Paula Chipman

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August 25, 2014

Charlotte Babb

Children Sexually Abusing Children

The number of adolescent sexual offenders is on the rise. Now parents not only have to worry about adult sexual predators, but they also have to worry about adolescent sexual offenders. The background has a lot to do with how a child turns out. The fact that both male and female juvenile sexual predators exist is horrifying by itself. The sexual behavior that leads to sexual abuse can start as young as six years old (Marshall, 2008). The thought crosses the mind of all parents. How do they protect their child? Unless they plan on following their child everywhere they go, they can only teach them, and watch for the signs of both child predators and their victims. Everyone has to wonder what could cause one child to abuse another child sexually, and if they even understand the consequences of their actions. What will happen to the juvenile offender, will they get off with therapy or will they go to prison to pay for their crime? The younger offenders are getting therapy will the older predators are going to juvenile detention centers or even to prison. Most people wonder if the juvenile sex offenders register is even worth it. With the register everyone have to ask themselves if it will hurt the child in the long run, and if so will it cause the child to relapse. If the child relapses will therapy help a second time, or should they be sent to jail or a mental hospital for the safety of the public.

Most people are not exactly sure what child on child sexual abuse consists of. The fact is that child on child sexual abuse is when an adolescent child is sexually abused by one or more juveniles without consent and without any adult involvement. Children abusing children was recognized as a problem in 1979, when studies were already being conducted on college students under twenty-one years of age. The report showed that 19.2% of females and...