Presenting a Practical Model for the Prevention of Sexual Victimization of Children and Adolescents in Iran: Research Synthesis
Abstract
Child abuse rates are often lower than in the real world while social problems are hidden. Studies in Iran show that 10% of children have been raped at least once in their life. Most rapes are not reported to the police for various reasons, with only 344 out of 1,000 rapes being reported to the police. In other words, out of three cases, two remain hidden. In 2013, 561 people were imprisoned in Iran for crimes related to child sexual violence, which will increase to 2683 in 2021. Rape survivors, on the other hand, are less likely to seek post-traumatic treatment, with only 26% of victims. Seek medical attention, for which the increase in sexual crimes in Iran shows the need for greater efforts to study prevention strategies and postpone and reduce these crimes. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive survey in terms of execution method. The purpose of this study is to present a practical model for the prevention of sexual abuse of children and adolescents in Iran. For this, the data was collected through a combination of research and a questionnaire prepared by the researcher in quantitative and qualitative sections, respectively. The chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were used to analyze the questionnaire data using the statistical software SPSS (version 18). The results of a combination of investigations showed that eight factors like social, economic, gender, family, demographic, media, psychological and biological can play a role in the sexual victimization of children and adolescents
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