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There have been a number of reports of child abuse in recent months, do you think that the responsibility of curtailing these incidents lies in the hands of the police and that they are doing enough to control the situation?
Friday, 10 August 2012 - 2:30 PM SL Time
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Not at all because I feel that if there is very strong law enforcement in this country, we would not face a situation like this. Day in day out the situation is worsening. In the first half of this year alone there have been over 700 cases of child rape, reported to the police. Our culture is such that there is a stigma attached to incidents of this nature and therefore victims don t want to seek justice. The unreported cases, I believe, must be about ten fold.
I feel the law is not being enforced properly and therefore the perpetrators feel that they can get away scot-free. In the past we have seen situations like this where the cases went on for years and years. Therefore I think we need to have very strong law enforcement, when it comes to crimes against children and women.
I also feel there need to be separate institutions to execute law enforcement when it comes to cases of rape and child abuse. We need immunity and protection for children and women who face situations such as this. Therefore my suggestion to the authorities is to have a separate court system and a separate group of institutions to deal with issues of this nature and bring about justice.
If you look at the long term statistics it is also very disturbing from 2007 to 2011 there have been 6643 cases of abuse against women and 15, 158 cases of child abuse and child rape have been reported within that period.
It is pretty obvious that the type of people who commit these types of crimes people who have some type of standing in society they are in politics, they are in power or they have links to higher authorities.
Further it is a reflection of the mental state of the people of this country, where a father and a son can rape a girl together and rapists can talk about it and take pride in it.
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TrincoTrev
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 17 Aug 2012 13:45:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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I would worry about how the police would handle a child rape case. This is very delicate business. Often in cases of child molestation the rapist is an uncle, father, brother or grandfather. The mother could even know but do nothing, her only means of support would be in prison. A child shocked and traumatised by a full grown male doesn't need to be cross examined by strong muscled uniformed angry man a meter taller than them. Maybe trained women might be good to help in interviews and medical examinations.
I was abused by two different relatives, I would have been totally overwhelmed being interviewed about it. I felt guilt and shame even though I had done nothing wrong. This trauma has lasted fifty years!
There is never justification for this, education is needed, of the police and of parents and children so they know what to do if something happens. Teachers also should be taught to look out for signs.
I just fear that there may be members of the police, teachers, etc, people in authority that abuse their power. For some power is a big turn on, and there lies trouble. |
Magnum357
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 18 Aug 2012 14:07:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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how the police would handle a child rape case.
How?????Like in Nawalapitiya and Tangalle where the police officer assigned with the investigation himself raped the child!!
How many more similar instances would be out there which we never know off??????
Edited By - Magnum357 - 18 Aug 2012 14:09:08 GMT |
TrincoTrev
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19 Aug 2012 00:57:54 GMT Report for Abuse
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Magnum, yes exactly.
This is an area that needs delicate handling not big boots and uniform trousers. The abuse is carried out because they have authority and can order someone to do something they don't want, seeing an authority figure is too similar, there should be something like 'Child line' run by an independent non religious charity, with volunteers manning the phones, where first off abused kids can talk anonymously on the phone, free, about things and later if they are happy to report it then do, with a support worker there...
Power hungry men who turn into rapists and child molesters like having authority and they also like to force sex on vulnerable people. They often are trusted people in the community, police men, soldiers, teachers, priests, care workers, guys running orphanage and these guys cause untold misery, and mental health problems, they can be happily married and can seem very nice.
But most child abuse happens from members of the family, people trusted and loved by the parents. Telling someone about them becomes doubly difficult if it's your father's brother as it was in my case. You might not be believed, get slapped for telling lies as one girl I know, the step father had raped her, filmed it and when she showed it to her mother she still wouldn't believe her daughter. The police though, did, and he went away. |
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