What makes it difficult to uncover organized and ritual structures of violence?
Abstract
Objective The study aims to investigate organized and ritual child sexual abuse (i. e. networking perpetrator groups with ideological frameworks). Methods A qualitative content analysis was conducted on 33 reports by victims and contemporary witnesses. Inductive categories were formed with regard to the question, which factors might impede the exposure of such structures. Results The results suggest that several interdependent factors of three interacting groups may play major roles in the deficient detection of those structures: the perpetrators, the survivors and other persons (e. g. in the vicinity of the survivors and in society). Conclusion In order to influence the described system of interdependent factors positively in the sense of an improved exposure of those violent structures, the objective communication of knowledge in different societal institutions is necessary.