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Child Abuse In South Africa

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Child abuse has been taking place for many years and it has not only been prevalent in South Africa but in developed countries as well. It is only recently that Government has started regarding it as a social problem (Pierce & Bozalek, 2004). Government together with several national and international organizations has started taking a stand against child abuse by implementing preventative measures. Child abuse has been escalating in South Africa and society has looked up to government to deal with offenders of child abuse in a way that reduces or eradicates it. According to (Pierce & Bozalek, 2004) the definition of child abuse varies across societies and it is determined by thoughts of individual rights and the relations among individuals …show more content…

Not only should parents, educators and social workers be worried about children’s well-being and protection from potential harm but also the entire society should join forces towards protecting children (ÇEÇEN-EROĞUL & Hasirci, 2013). Finding (Finkelhor, Hotaling, Lewis, & Smith, 1990: Rind, Tromovitch & Bauserman, 1998: Timnik, 1985) state that approximately 27% of females and 16 % of males were victims of sexual abuse during their childhood and teenage years. Many years ago only a very few percentage of 3% to 6% of adults who have experienced abuse during their childhood reported the abuse instead of dealing with it on their own and not telling their elders. Promoting secondary prevention by teaching parents and the public at large can decrease the stigma associated with talking about or opening up about child maltreatment (Collings, …show more content…

School- based prevention programs are there to provide children with information, skills and techniques, and support systems in order for them to protect themselves from potential and further harm. In the meta- analysis studyof child sexual abusedone by (ÇEÇEN-EROĞUL & Hasirci, 2013)), children who took part in the prevention programs produced better results on the knowledge and skills measurement than those who were part of the control group.These findings converge with Collings’ (2015) study on primary prevention in which he states that exposing children to child prevention programs may stop child maltreatment before it even takes place.Effective programs somehow combined active participation and behaviour skills training, such as modelling, rehearsal and

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