Paper Title

Frequency, etiological models and consequences of child and adolescent sexual abuse: Aims and goals of the German multi-site MiKADO project

Authors

Peer Briken

Dr. h.c. Rainer Banse

Phil. Jürgen Hoyer

rer. biol. hum., med Daniel Turner

Lutz Goldbeck

Pekka Santtila

Hedwig Eisenbarth

Keywords

Sexual Abuse
Pedophilia
Dunkelfeld
Child Sexual Abuse
Victimization
Internet Offenses
Prevalence
Etiology
Pedophilic Interest
Hands-On Delinquency
Child Pornography
Prevention
Primary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Consequences of Sexual Abuse
Research Project
Germany
Frequency of Abuse
German Federal Ministry of Family
Elderly
Women and Youth

Article Type

Research Article

Journal

Sexual Offender Treatment

Issue

Volume : 6 | Issue : 2 | Page No : 1-7

Published On

January, 2011

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Abstract

Currently, data on sexual abuse and its consequences for the victims are scarce in Germany, especially for non-reported sexual abuse, the so-called "Dunkelfeld". This article presents a comprehensive research project, which started in 2011 and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Family, Elderly, Women and Youth. This Project covers the frequency of sexual abuse, in comparison to other forms of abuse, of offences via the internet, consequences of sexual abuse for the victims, the prevalence of pedophilic interest, etiological hypotheses for pedophilic interest, and the relation between hands-on delinquency and use of child pornography. The described research project will be implemented by a collaboration of five national and international research groups during the following three years. The main goals are to generate more specific and detailed data on child sexual abuse in Germany and to develop suggestions for primary as well as secondary prevention.