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Short And Long Term Effects Of Child Sexual Abuse

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Did you know 43.9% of children that are abused died? I bet you didn’t. Every 10 seconds, a phone call to the police is made for child abuse. There are many ways to abuse a child from physical to verbally and also mentally and sexually. In 2014, over 1 billion children globally, ranging from the age of 3-17 years of age, were reported victims of child abuse.
All around the world, children die from child abuse. 5 children die every day due to abuse. In 2014, 1,580 children died from abuse and neglect. People see abuse happening in almost every neighborhood but, yearly, child protection services gets about 6.6 million calls about neglect- but only 3.2 million of those children actually get an investigation. Kids find so many ways to report that …show more content…

1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of sexual abuse. In a year period, 16% of youth ages 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized. Sexual abuse is also known as molestation. There are different ways of sexual assault ranging from rape, child sexual abuse, and other forms. Ssexual abuse or rape on a child can change a child growing up ranging on age. Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults were ages under 17. 30% of that 70% were caucasian. No one is immune to sexual assault.

In 2014, over 1 billion kids, ranging in the ages of 3-17 years of age, were reported victims of child abuse. Also in 2014, 1,580 children died from abuse and neglect. There also many ways to neglect a child ranging from withholding medical care if needed, starving them, locking them in rooms for days on end, and even withholding personal hygiene activities like shower, a clean place to go to the bathroom.
1 in 6 children face hunger in the United States. In 2016, over 40 million people, 13% of all americans, lived in poverty. Of that 40 million, 13 million were children. In 2017, no more than 13 million children in the U.S live food insecure homes, which is families that don’t have enough food to eat. 17.9% childhood food insecurity is percentage of children under 18 years old living in food insecure …show more content…

The child may become withdrawn and mistrustful of adults, and can become suicidal. Someone who experienced rape or sexual abuse has a 6/10 chance to fail later in life. When abuse is done to a person at a young age, later in their life they most likely can feel shame, blame or guilt. Intimacy can also be a problem with those survivors of sexul abuse as a child. People can also struggle with low-self esteem, and sometimes experience PTSD, and/or depression which could lead to

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