@article{article_1099598, title={A Retrospective Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse Cases}, journal={YOBÜ Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={3}, pages={196–209}, year={2022}, author={Uslu, Nevin}, keywords={child, child maltreatment, child sexual abuse, judicial cases}, abstract={Objective: This study examines child sexual abuse case files to determine characteristics of sexual abuse. <br />Methods: The study retrospectively analyzed 142 child sexual abuse case files that were finalized from 2012 to <br />2017. The data were collected using a data collection form developed by the researcher based on literature. In the <br />analysis of data; descriptive statistics, chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis were used. <br />Results: The average age of 142 children who were exposed to sexual abuse was 13.3±3.4 years, 86.6% were <br />females, and mostly children aged between 13 and 18 were exposed to abuse. The average age of perpetrators was <br />28.5±13.2 years, 25.4% were children, and all of them were males. Only 10.6% of the children did not know the <br />perpetrator, and they were exposed to abuse mostly by friends/ex-boyfriends. Sexual abuse was found to happen <br />mostly in the perpetrator’s home, car, or office. Of all children, 50.7% were exposed to abuse more than once, 33.1% <br />were threatened and they were exposed to mostly penetrative sexual abuse (52.8%). Variables such as the <br />perpetrator’s age, the way the case was referred to court, and the number of abuses were found to be variables that <br />had effects on penetrative abuse, and they were found to be the factors that increased penetrative abuse risk. <br />Conclusion: In future, multicenter studies should be conducted to investigate types of child sexual abuse that does <br />not involve physical contact, and associate it with characteristics of children, families and perpetrators. <br />Keywords: Child, Child maltreatment, Child sexual abuse, Judicial cases}, number={2}, publisher={Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi}