Sexual Assault Evidence and Forms of Abuse among Children

Response 1

            There are many forms of rape and sexual assault that have been identified and each form of rape has its own evidence that is associated with the kind of sexual assault. The evidence may be retrieved from the medical examination where the victim may be medically examined so as to prove the victim’s claim (Degun 2006). Evidence may also be retrieved from the condition of the rape victims home or from the various photographs that may have been taken during the incidence. Therefore, the investigators should be able to interview all the relatives and especially the family members who are in constant contact with the victim so as to identify what really happened.

Response 2

            According to the various studies undertaken by many investigators, it is quite evident that a large proportion of children have at some point been kicked, beaten by their guardians or parents while others have been physically assaulted with sharp objects such as a knife or a gun. This has caused to tragic occurrences such as the death of some of these mistreated children (Krug et al 2002). The need to protect the physically abused children from further abuse by their parents and the difficulty of carrying out an interview with the children without the presence of their abusive parents has made it a challenge to investigators. Thus the investigators should first identify the rules and laws put in place so as to protect a child in a given abuse as each abuse is unique and hence it should, therefore, be solved uniquely. Wise decisions ought to be made by the investigators before causing more harm to the abused child b and they should also act quickly before being too late.

References

            Degun-Mather, M. (2006). Hypnosis, dissociation, and survivors of child abuse: Understanding and treatment. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons.

            Krug, E. G., Dahlberg, L. L., Mercy, J. A., Zwi, A. B., Lozano, R., & World Health Organization. (2002). World report on violence and health. Geneva: World Health Organization.