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Survivors of Extreme Abuse - The Awful Rowing Toward Social
Emancipation
http://akaunk.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/survivors-of-extreme-abuse-the-awful-rowing-toward-social-emancipation/
http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/articles/day-care-and-child-abuse-cases/
For survivors of extreme abuse, the disclosure of the crimes they
experienced and the public identification of the perpetrators of those
crimes can be monumentally daunting tasks. Among the impediments they
may face in their pursuit of personal and social justice are their own
psychological challenges, due to the complex, and sometimes
debilitating effects of having experienced severe trauma, the dangers
inherent in exposing criminals or criminal networks, and social denial
of their plight on almost every level....
IMAGINE
Survivors have an invaluable gift to share with society: intimate
knowledge of crimes perpetrated in their midst, and the criminals who
committed them. Their knowledge and insight could theoretically lift
the great rock of our cultural denial and officially sanctioned
version of reality, and expose the dark and dangerous world of child,
drug and arms traffickers, rapists, child pornographers, serial
killers, cults, secret societies and government corruption. And that
exposure would surely mark the beginning of the end of the widespread
abuses that plague our society now. But that doesn't happen.
http://akaunk.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/survivors-of-extreme-abuse-the-awful-rowing-toward-social-emancipation/
Traumatic Childhood Might Take Years Off Adult Life - ScienceDaily
(Oct. 7, 2009) - Many U.S. children face a terrible burden of
stressors that can harm the development of their brains and nervous
systems. These stressors can lead to health problems and diseases
throughout their lives, ultimately causing some to die prematurely,
according to the lead author of a new study. David W. Brown., D.Sc.,
an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), and colleagues found that children who were exposed to six or
more "adverse childhood experiences" or ACEs were at double the risk
of premature death compared to children who had not suffered these
experiences. On average, the children at highest risk eventually died
at age 60, compared to low-risk children who lived to age 79. The
study appears in the November issue of the American Journal of
Preventive Medicine. Conducted by Kaiser Permanente in San Diego and
the CDC, the study looked at the long-term effects of these childhood
experiences: undergoing verbal or physical abuse, having a battered
mother and witnessing domestic violence, living in a household with
substance abuse or mental illness, having an incarcerated household
member or having parents who separated or divorced. Data came from
17,337 adults who visited Kaiser Permanente from 1995 to 1997 and
completed a standardized medical questionnaire that included questions
about their childhood. Researchers followed participants through the
end of 2006, using the National Death Index to discover who had died.
"Overall, 1,539 people died during follow-up," Brown said. "People
with six or more ACEs died nearly 20 years earlier on average than
those without ACEs. It is also disturbing that two-thirds of study
participants - persons who were relatively well off - had at least one
of the ACEs." Brown DW, et al. Adverse childhood experiences and the
risk of premature mortality. Am J Prev Med, 37(5), 2009
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091006115140.htm
High Rates Of Childhood Exposure To Violence And Abuse In United
States, New Study Finds
ScienceDaily (Oct. 7, 2009) - A new study from the University of New
Hampshire finds that U.S. children are routinely exposed to even more
violence and abuse than has been previously recognized, with nearly
half experiencing a physical assault in the study year.
"Children experience far more violence, abuse and crime than do
adults," said David Finkelhor, director of the UNH Crimes against
Children Research Center and the study director. "If life were this
dangerous for ordinary grown-ups, we'd never tolerate it."The research
was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and supported by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The research
results are presented in the journal Pediatrics and an Office of
Justice Programs/OJJDP bulletin titled "Children's Exposure to
Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey."UNH researchers asked a
national sample of U.S. children and their caregivers about a far
broader range of exposures than has been done in the past. According
to the research, three out of five children were exposed to violence,
abuse or a criminal victimization in the last year, including 46
percent who had been physically assaulted, 10 percent who had been
maltreated by a caregiver, 6 percent who had been sexually victimized,
and 10 percent who had witnessed an assault within their family....The
study found that more than a third of the children had had two or more
different kinds of exposures in the past year and 11 percent had five
or more....The study was conducted in 2008 and involved interviews
with caregivers and youth about the experiences of a nationally
representative sample of 4,549 children ages 0-17. In addition to
Finkelhor, the authors include Heather Turner, professor of sociology
at UNH, Richard Ormrod, research professor of geography at UNH, and
Sherry Hamby, research associate professor of psychology at Sewanee,
the University of the South. Study information is at Crimes Against
Children Research Center http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/index.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091007081351.htm
describes crimes
Teens become prey in Charlotte sex trade - Human trafficking case
shows the desperate plight of girls forced into prostitution by Franco
Ordoņez 10/4/09 The FBI estimates that some 18,000 people are
trafficked into the United States for sex or forced labor. About a
fourth end up in the Southeast; thousands come to the Carolinas. Most
victims of the sex rings are from Latin America, others from Asia and
Eastern Europe. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/topstories/story/983851.html
day care child abuse case, Tyler
Perry
for more information on day care cases, see
http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/articles/day-care-and-child-abuse-cases/
describes abuse - New Charges Added in Daycare Sexual Abuse Case
10/6/09 SAN DIEGO - Prosecutors on Tuesday added multiple-victim and
substantial sexual conduct allegations against a woman charged with
her husband with molesting and sexually assaulting four children at
the daycare facility they ran out of their Mission Valley
apartment....According to evidence presented at a preliminary hearing
in April, an investigation started in September 2007 when one of the
alleged victims -- who ranged in age from a few months to just over 2
years old -- suffered vaginal injuries....Kennedy told a judge that
the four alleged victims were all in good health and uninjured until
they went to the couple's daycare.
The alleged victims had "unique and very troubling injuries," Kennedy
told Judge Polly Shamoon.
"With each of them, it's their genitals that are damaged," Kennedy
said.
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/New-Charges-Added-in-Daycare-Sexual-Abuse-Case/kY6yZb8GlkqZvf_9nLVBhg.cspx
describes abuse - Tyler Perry recounts childhood abuse on Web site
10/6/09 ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Tyler Perry has, for the first time,
revealed graphic details about the sexual, physical and emotional
abuse he says he suffered as a child.... Perry is an executive
producer of the movie, which tells the tale of Claireece "Precious"
Jones, an illiterate, obese 16-year-old girl from Harlem who is
emotionally and physically abused. The 40-year-old producer says he
can identify with the character, and he recalls a number of incidents
from his childhood. http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/06/tyler.perry.abuse.precious/index.html?iref=mpstoryview |
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