CYC 802 Lecture 12: Incident Response Module W12

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Child and Youth Care
• Course: CYC 802
• Professor: Anne Black

Document Summary

Conventional child sexual abuse (csa) is non-internet related sexual abuse. The internet has introduced new aspects to sexual abuse through production, uploading and distributing of child sexual abuse images online (csaio) Child sexual abuse images online refers to children under 18 who have been sexually abused offline and images of this abuse are distributed online. Includes images, photos, animations, drawing, videos and films involving sexual acts that are violent and humiliating, including intercourse, masturbation, etc. Typically produced by either family members of acquaintances. Estimates suggest that over 5 million images of csa are available online, however cases are underreported. Between 1998 and 2003 in canada the number of csaios increased by 800% Impacts on the child who is depicted, impacts on the children who see the images; no empirical research on how csaios impact victims. Suffer psychological distress, physical and emotional trauma, permanence and global accessibility intensify effects, continuously traumatized.