Its interesting all the things that we look for that 'cause' young people to behave the way that they do. Here is yet another correlation that may be of interest.
Researchers have found a
strong association between computer and Internet use in adolescents and
engagement in multiple-risk behaviours (MRB), including illicit drug use,
drunkenness and unprotected sex
To read more go here: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/223289.php
My question is " what do we do with this information? Any takers?
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Under Age Laws Putting NT Kids at Risk
Under-age sex laws 'putting NT kids at risk'
By Sara Everingham for AM
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is warning that legislative changes in the Northern Territory could have a devastating impact on the health of many Indigenous children.
The Northern Territory Government says its Care and Protection of Children Act is all about keeping kids safe.
But the AMA is warning the act's mandatory reporting requirements go too far and Dr Paul Bauert from the AMA's Northern Territory branch is deeply concerned.
Until now, NT laws were similar to what operates in the other states; it was mandatory to report suspected child sexual abuse.
But now health workers must report sexual activity among under-16s to a team that includes police and staff in the Territory's department of health and families.
Failure to do so could result in a fine of up to around $20,000. And it is not just doctors who will have to report.
"This applies to everybody," Dr Bauert said. "Parents, brothers and sisters, mates."
The legislation has been in place for months but it was only late last week that the Northern Territory Health Department told staff to comply.
They were told to report anyone under 16 who is sexually active, even if that person's sexual partner is also under 16 or of the same age, and regardless of consent.
"Any person who has sexual intercourse with someone under the age of 16 is guilty of a crime and liable to imprisonment for 16 years," Dr Bauert said.
"There's no age defence, so if the person who was having sex with somebody under the age of 16 is 15, that is no defence.
"We are going to have young people not prepared to come seeking help in terms of contraception advice; they won't be coming seeking advice in early pregnancy, if themselves or their partner are likely to be charged with a crime."
Dr Bauert says patients will also think twice before seeking treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
They are particularly prevalent in the territory's Indigenous communities.
"So this too is going to lead to increased morbidity and increased deaths, particularly from disseminated gonococcal infection," Dr Bauert said.
Divided opinion
The Health Department's chief executive, Dr David Ashbridge has defended the move.
"There is no intent to limit medical services," he said.
"The absolute policy intent is to making sure the children who might be harmed are actually looked after by the society."
And the Territory's shadow attorney-general and child protection spokeswoman, Jodeen Carney, says the laws are needed.
"I've received various advice from people that not all doctors at all times report sexual abuse, or evidence of sexual activity," she said.
"The reality is, in any event, that doctors are obliged to report signs of sexual activity in children because it's not for them to undergo an investigation, it's for the police.
"And children 16 years or younger are unable to consent, because the law of the Northern Territory says that they can't."
But Dr Bauert says the old system was working.
"We were having young children confiding they were being abused, or at risk of abuse," he said.
"And proper action or appropriate action was being taken in the majority of cases."
But the old system frustrated crime authorities.
The Australian Crime Commission has been looking into Indigenous child sexual abuse and last year tried to use its powers to access the health records of eight Indigenous girls in the Northern Territory aged between 13 and 15.
They had been fitted with the Implanon contraceptive implant.
Their clinic refused to hand over the records, saying there was no evidence of abuse, and the clinic won the case in the Federal Court.
The Crime Commission would not comment on whether these changes would help its investigations.
The AMA will meet the Government this week to discuss its concerns but individual doctors are taking matters into their own hands.
The AMA has been told some doctors have stopped asking their young patients if they are sexually active.
By Sara Everingham for AM
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is warning that legislative changes in the Northern Territory could have a devastating impact on the health of many Indigenous children.
The Northern Territory Government says its Care and Protection of Children Act is all about keeping kids safe.
But the AMA is warning the act's mandatory reporting requirements go too far and Dr Paul Bauert from the AMA's Northern Territory branch is deeply concerned.
Until now, NT laws were similar to what operates in the other states; it was mandatory to report suspected child sexual abuse.
But now health workers must report sexual activity among under-16s to a team that includes police and staff in the Territory's department of health and families.
Failure to do so could result in a fine of up to around $20,000. And it is not just doctors who will have to report.
"This applies to everybody," Dr Bauert said. "Parents, brothers and sisters, mates."
The legislation has been in place for months but it was only late last week that the Northern Territory Health Department told staff to comply.
They were told to report anyone under 16 who is sexually active, even if that person's sexual partner is also under 16 or of the same age, and regardless of consent.
"Any person who has sexual intercourse with someone under the age of 16 is guilty of a crime and liable to imprisonment for 16 years," Dr Bauert said.
"There's no age defence, so if the person who was having sex with somebody under the age of 16 is 15, that is no defence.
"We are going to have young people not prepared to come seeking help in terms of contraception advice; they won't be coming seeking advice in early pregnancy, if themselves or their partner are likely to be charged with a crime."
Dr Bauert says patients will also think twice before seeking treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
They are particularly prevalent in the territory's Indigenous communities.
"So this too is going to lead to increased morbidity and increased deaths, particularly from disseminated gonococcal infection," Dr Bauert said.
Divided opinion
The Health Department's chief executive, Dr David Ashbridge has defended the move.
"There is no intent to limit medical services," he said.
"The absolute policy intent is to making sure the children who might be harmed are actually looked after by the society."
And the Territory's shadow attorney-general and child protection spokeswoman, Jodeen Carney, says the laws are needed.
"I've received various advice from people that not all doctors at all times report sexual abuse, or evidence of sexual activity," she said.
"The reality is, in any event, that doctors are obliged to report signs of sexual activity in children because it's not for them to undergo an investigation, it's for the police.
"And children 16 years or younger are unable to consent, because the law of the Northern Territory says that they can't."
But Dr Bauert says the old system was working.
"We were having young children confiding they were being abused, or at risk of abuse," he said.
"And proper action or appropriate action was being taken in the majority of cases."
But the old system frustrated crime authorities.
The Australian Crime Commission has been looking into Indigenous child sexual abuse and last year tried to use its powers to access the health records of eight Indigenous girls in the Northern Territory aged between 13 and 15.
They had been fitted with the Implanon contraceptive implant.
Their clinic refused to hand over the records, saying there was no evidence of abuse, and the clinic won the case in the Federal Court.
The Crime Commission would not comment on whether these changes would help its investigations.
The AMA will meet the Government this week to discuss its concerns but individual doctors are taking matters into their own hands.
The AMA has been told some doctors have stopped asking their young patients if they are sexually active.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Innovative measures slash STIs Bangladeshi camps
Very intertesting ideas and innovations are occuring in many mnaqy places. Here is one. ( taken from UNHCR) I received this link through the Lancet journal )
NAYAPARA REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh, January 14 (UNHCR) – Zafor Ullah has been a community health worker for his fellow Rohingya refugees for eight years. When his duties expanded nearly two years ago to include condom distribution, he became an immensely popular man.
"The people in my community like to come to my house to get condoms as they can catch me [there] all the time," the 22-year-old refugee from Myanmar explains. "They might have to wait at the clinic and explain the purpose of their visit. So, to avoid all the hassle, they prefer to visit my house."
Using community health workers to distribute condoms out of their houses to both male and female refugees in the two camps in Bangladesh was the breakthrough move in a series of measures taken by UNHCR that have dramatically reduced the incidence of sexually-transmitted infections (STI) among the refugees, says Zahid Jamal Khattak, UNHCR's medical coordinator in Cox's Bazar.
Since the end of 2005, the average STI incidence per month has dropped 67 percent in the Nayapara and Kutupalong Camps, near Cox's Bazar, together home to 28,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's northern Rakhine state. The actual drop among registered refugees has been greater, Dr. Jamal explains, but the numbers are kept higher by unregistered Rohingya living on the outskirts of Kutupalong who are treated in the camp on a humanitarian basis.
The success comes from a three-year UNHCR programme that started by training staff in the camps' out-patient clinics to recognize and properly diagnose STIs, coupled with increased availability of the correct drugs. However, problems arose in tracing partners to treat all affected patients.
Many male refugees who work outside the camp are having extramarital sex and bringing infections back to their wives, but "culturally, giving condoms to women [in the clinic to prevent future infections] was not very well appreciated," Dr. Jamal explains.
The breakthrough came with the distribution of condoms through the 39 community health workers (14 of them women) in the two camps out of their own homes, rather than the clinics. Religious leaders were included in the health workers' training to avoid any problems.
Condom distribution has skyrocketed from a paltry 780 in 2005 to 62,580 last year, and Mahamuda Khatun, a 32-year-old community health worker, says she gets requests from women refugees as well as men. "Unmarried male and female refugees visit my house in order to get condoms," she says. "They say it will help them to prevent disease."
She says one refugee woman told her she gets her husband to use a condom because "he goes out to work frequently and I don't want to catch any disease from him."
Condom use was also spurred by training on HIV prevention and education on family planning for a population that traditionally has many children. It's the kind of knowledge that Mahamuda wishes she had had earlier. "I have four children. If I had had a chance to know the consequences of having more children, I certainly would have limited my family," she says.
Both Zafor and Mahamuda feel they are helping their community. "The remuneration that I get is very little," says Zafor, "but the contribution that I provide to my fellow refugees is very big."
He's even had some pleasant surprises. One refugee man Zafor thought he had failed to persuade, later came back asking for condoms for birth control. "He said if his family becomes bigger, he will not be able to give them proper education and food," Zafor reports. "This gives me a lot of confidence and satisfaction."
And if UNHCR is able to supply more condoms, Zafor wants to be even more active. "Currently I do not go to refugees' houses to motivate them to take condoms," he explains. "When I have more supply, then I will visit refugees' houses and I'll try to motivate them and make more people aware."
By Ikterrudin Mohammed Bayzid in Nayapara Refugee Campand Kitty McKinsey in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
NAYAPARA REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh, January 14 (UNHCR) – Zafor Ullah has been a community health worker for his fellow Rohingya refugees for eight years. When his duties expanded nearly two years ago to include condom distribution, he became an immensely popular man.
"The people in my community like to come to my house to get condoms as they can catch me [there] all the time," the 22-year-old refugee from Myanmar explains. "They might have to wait at the clinic and explain the purpose of their visit. So, to avoid all the hassle, they prefer to visit my house."
Using community health workers to distribute condoms out of their houses to both male and female refugees in the two camps in Bangladesh was the breakthrough move in a series of measures taken by UNHCR that have dramatically reduced the incidence of sexually-transmitted infections (STI) among the refugees, says Zahid Jamal Khattak, UNHCR's medical coordinator in Cox's Bazar.
Since the end of 2005, the average STI incidence per month has dropped 67 percent in the Nayapara and Kutupalong Camps, near Cox's Bazar, together home to 28,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's northern Rakhine state. The actual drop among registered refugees has been greater, Dr. Jamal explains, but the numbers are kept higher by unregistered Rohingya living on the outskirts of Kutupalong who are treated in the camp on a humanitarian basis.
The success comes from a three-year UNHCR programme that started by training staff in the camps' out-patient clinics to recognize and properly diagnose STIs, coupled with increased availability of the correct drugs. However, problems arose in tracing partners to treat all affected patients.
Many male refugees who work outside the camp are having extramarital sex and bringing infections back to their wives, but "culturally, giving condoms to women [in the clinic to prevent future infections] was not very well appreciated," Dr. Jamal explains.
The breakthrough came with the distribution of condoms through the 39 community health workers (14 of them women) in the two camps out of their own homes, rather than the clinics. Religious leaders were included in the health workers' training to avoid any problems.
Condom distribution has skyrocketed from a paltry 780 in 2005 to 62,580 last year, and Mahamuda Khatun, a 32-year-old community health worker, says she gets requests from women refugees as well as men. "Unmarried male and female refugees visit my house in order to get condoms," she says. "They say it will help them to prevent disease."
She says one refugee woman told her she gets her husband to use a condom because "he goes out to work frequently and I don't want to catch any disease from him."
Condom use was also spurred by training on HIV prevention and education on family planning for a population that traditionally has many children. It's the kind of knowledge that Mahamuda wishes she had had earlier. "I have four children. If I had had a chance to know the consequences of having more children, I certainly would have limited my family," she says.
Both Zafor and Mahamuda feel they are helping their community. "The remuneration that I get is very little," says Zafor, "but the contribution that I provide to my fellow refugees is very big."
He's even had some pleasant surprises. One refugee man Zafor thought he had failed to persuade, later came back asking for condoms for birth control. "He said if his family becomes bigger, he will not be able to give them proper education and food," Zafor reports. "This gives me a lot of confidence and satisfaction."
And if UNHCR is able to supply more condoms, Zafor wants to be even more active. "Currently I do not go to refugees' houses to motivate them to take condoms," he explains. "When I have more supply, then I will visit refugees' houses and I'll try to motivate them and make more people aware."
By Ikterrudin Mohammed Bayzid in Nayapara Refugee Campand Kitty McKinsey in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
International Day Against Homophobia
Here is an email that I recieved - Just passing it on to you
"Hi there,
I am writing to you on behalf of the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) 2009 Planning Committee, which is made up of Government and Non-Government organisations, including Gay Men’s Health, SHine, The Second Story, Port Adelaide Primary Health Care Services, and Shopfront Youth Health & Information Service.
IDAHO is an annual event held on May 17th each year to commemorate the removal of homosexuality from the list of "mental disorders" by the General Assembly of the World Health Organisation. The theme for this year’s celebrations is Culture and Homophobia, with a particular focus on issues within newly arrived communities. If you would like any further information about IDAHO and how it started, please visit the following website (www.acsa.org.au/idaho.html). New information will be uploaded shortly.
This year, we are seeking your assistance with our celebrations. We are asking a wide range of organisations, such as yourselves, to engage with their clients, community members, group participants and co-workers around the effects of homophobia on their own lives and the lives of those around them e.g. family/friends/neighbours/co-workers.
So, here’s what we need from you:
· Open the IDAHO Stars Template attachment and print it out, then photocopy it onto coloured paper (red, orange, yellow, green, blue or purple – rainbow colours);( Please contact Danny -details below -for your temaplate as I cannot load it here) Put the stars in a prominent position in your reception area, group rooms etc., along with a copy of the IDAHO Star Poster (which explains the purpose of the stars);
· Ask your clients/participants/community members and co-workers to write a short statement or story on the stars about their experiences of homophobia;
· Ask people to write their details on the IDAHO Stars Event RSVP form (see attachment) if they’re interested in finding out about how the stars will be used;
· Collect up all the stars that have been written on and send them to Jacintha Moerman at the Shopfront Youth Health and Information Service, 3-4/72 John Street, Salisbury, SA 5108
· The stars will then be displayed on Sunday, May 17th at a big IDAHO celebration event (details to be confirmed at a later date) which will feature speeches and performances by local Queer and Queer-friendly artists, politicians, and activists;
· We are also considering the possibility of using the stars to attract political attention to the issue of homophobia in Adelaide by presenting them to Parliament.
If you have any questions or need any further information please contact Danny Hales on 0433 626 131.
Cheers.
Lauren Riggs Primary Health Care Worker
Port Adelaide Primary Health Care Services Ambulatory and Primary Health Care Directorate Central Northern Adelaide Health Service
Phone: (08) 8240 9621 Fax: (08) 8240 9609 Email: Lauren.Riggs@health.sa.gov.au Website: www.health.sa.gov.au/cnahs
I am writing to you on behalf of the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) 2009 Planning Committee, which is made up of Government and Non-Government organisations, including Gay Men’s Health, SHine, The Second Story, Port Adelaide Primary Health Care Services, and Shopfront Youth Health & Information Service.
IDAHO is an annual event held on May 17th each year to commemorate the removal of homosexuality from the list of "mental disorders" by the General Assembly of the World Health Organisation. The theme for this year’s celebrations is Culture and Homophobia, with a particular focus on issues within newly arrived communities. If you would like any further information about IDAHO and how it started, please visit the following website (www.acsa.org.au/idaho.html). New information will be uploaded shortly.
This year, we are seeking your assistance with our celebrations. We are asking a wide range of organisations, such as yourselves, to engage with their clients, community members, group participants and co-workers around the effects of homophobia on their own lives and the lives of those around them e.g. family/friends/neighbours/co-workers.
So, here’s what we need from you:
· Open the IDAHO Stars Template attachment and print it out, then photocopy it onto coloured paper (red, orange, yellow, green, blue or purple – rainbow colours);( Please contact Danny -details below -for your temaplate as I cannot load it here) Put the stars in a prominent position in your reception area, group rooms etc., along with a copy of the IDAHO Star Poster (which explains the purpose of the stars);
· Ask your clients/participants/community members and co-workers to write a short statement or story on the stars about their experiences of homophobia;
· Ask people to write their details on the IDAHO Stars Event RSVP form (see attachment) if they’re interested in finding out about how the stars will be used;
· Collect up all the stars that have been written on and send them to Jacintha Moerman at the Shopfront Youth Health and Information Service, 3-4/72 John Street, Salisbury, SA 5108
· The stars will then be displayed on Sunday, May 17th at a big IDAHO celebration event (details to be confirmed at a later date) which will feature speeches and performances by local Queer and Queer-friendly artists, politicians, and activists;
· We are also considering the possibility of using the stars to attract political attention to the issue of homophobia in Adelaide by presenting them to Parliament.
If you have any questions or need any further information please contact Danny Hales on 0433 626 131.
Cheers.
Lauren Riggs Primary Health Care Worker
Port Adelaide Primary Health Care Services Ambulatory and Primary Health Care Directorate Central Northern Adelaide Health Service
Phone: (08) 8240 9621 Fax: (08) 8240 9609 Email: Lauren.Riggs@health.sa.gov.au Website: www.health.sa.gov.au/cnahs
Friday, March 20, 2009
Pope Benidect speaks out against condom use!!
The following is taken from Medical News Today
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday while heading to Yaounde, Cameroon, as part of a seven-day pilgrimage to Africa said that distributing condoms is not the answer to curbing the spread of HIV on the continent, the AP/Washington Post reports. "You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms," Benedict said, adding, "On the contrary, it increases the problem" (Simpson, AP/Washington Post, 3/18). According to Benedict, addressing HIV/AIDS will require a "two-fold" solution. He said, "The first is a humanization of sexuality, spiritual renewal which brings with it a new way of behaving ... secondly, a true friendship, especially for those who are suffering, a willingness to make personal sacrifices" (Ward, Toronto Star, 3/18).
What do you think? wheres the harm?
Certainly humanising sexuality sounds good. True friendship and making personal sacrifices sounds right. Soooo here is my question. WHY CANT THE POPE MAKE A PERSONAL SACRIFICE AND SUGGEST THAT CONDOMS CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION?
Go here to read more
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday while heading to Yaounde, Cameroon, as part of a seven-day pilgrimage to Africa said that distributing condoms is not the answer to curbing the spread of HIV on the continent, the AP/Washington Post reports. "You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms," Benedict said, adding, "On the contrary, it increases the problem" (Simpson, AP/Washington Post, 3/18). According to Benedict, addressing HIV/AIDS will require a "two-fold" solution. He said, "The first is a humanization of sexuality, spiritual renewal which brings with it a new way of behaving ... secondly, a true friendship, especially for those who are suffering, a willingness to make personal sacrifices" (Ward, Toronto Star, 3/18).
What do you think? wheres the harm?
Certainly humanising sexuality sounds good. True friendship and making personal sacrifices sounds right. Soooo here is my question. WHY CANT THE POPE MAKE A PERSONAL SACRIFICE AND SUGGEST THAT CONDOMS CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION?
Go here to read more
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Violence cont.... ( isnt it always)?
Here are 2 comments that a friend and I made about recent violence thoughts that we had: We exchanged these on facebook.
Me: "-I've got something to write on the blog but not to sure how to go about it.When both my kids were in town at Adelaide Fringe stuff on the weekend they each saw : Edd saw a guy get hit over a head with a bottle and then punched ( just outside the garden) - Ash was on the scene where the guy got stabbed.I want to write somethng about violence, alcohol, gatherings, media, event and our cultural support of this. BUT i also want to make it personal. About my experience as a dad and worring about my kids safety.Any ideas????"
Na: "...hmm I was so scared..I marched in the parade Friday noght..then tried to walk through rundle street with Emma...A and R....fucking scary..I saw a man holding his little baby above hishead..trying to get air....I have never seen adealide like that....Ja was there with friends too.....i was so worried..."
Okay! Whats going on with me. Am I responding to situations as a conservative? As I get older do I see things differently?( of course I do). But I have some questions:
Does a city council have responsibility to protect us from situations that can become violent? Do mass events with alcohol available freely contribute to violence? Is violence more prevalent than it used to be in Adelaide? Is it just more open? Does a police presence stop violence? Does it incite violence? Does our media enjoy violence? Is it just REPOTED more than it was??
Any comments gratefully accepted.
While we ( me) are talking about violence have you seen the new campaign from
Adults Surviving Sexual Abuse? I would be very very interested in your comments from thier campaign.
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Also here are some stats from australian institute of criminlogy:
Number of recorded crimes /Violent crime
Violent crime includes homicide, assault, sexual assault, robbery and kidnapping (sometimes referred to as abduction). Although robbery may include an element of property crime, it is included as a violent crime, as the use or threat of violence is a more serious offence.
Recorded crime
Between 1996 and 2003, the number of homicide victims • fluctuated between 332 and 386, before dropping below 300 in 2004 and 2005. In 2006, homicide rose above 300 again, to 319.
Continuing the trend of recent years,
robbery offences • increased in 2006.
The number of recorded kidnappings fluctuates yearly. • Over the period 1996–2004 kidnappings registered a general increase, but decreased between 2004 and 2006, from 768 to 725.
The trend in recorded sexual assaults showed a steady • increase over the period 1996–2004. A slight decrease in 2005 was followed by another increase in 2006.
Assaults continue to represent the majority of • recorded violent crimes. The overall trend since 1996 has been upward, with an increase of 50% between 1996 and 2006.
Lud
Me: "-I've got something to write on the blog but not to sure how to go about it.When both my kids were in town at Adelaide Fringe stuff on the weekend they each saw : Edd saw a guy get hit over a head with a bottle and then punched ( just outside the garden) - Ash was on the scene where the guy got stabbed.I want to write somethng about violence, alcohol, gatherings, media, event and our cultural support of this. BUT i also want to make it personal. About my experience as a dad and worring about my kids safety.Any ideas????"
Na: "...hmm I was so scared..I marched in the parade Friday noght..then tried to walk through rundle street with Emma...A and R....fucking scary..I saw a man holding his little baby above hishead..trying to get air....I have never seen adealide like that....Ja was there with friends too.....i was so worried..."
Okay! Whats going on with me. Am I responding to situations as a conservative? As I get older do I see things differently?( of course I do). But I have some questions:
Does a city council have responsibility to protect us from situations that can become violent? Do mass events with alcohol available freely contribute to violence? Is violence more prevalent than it used to be in Adelaide? Is it just more open? Does a police presence stop violence? Does it incite violence? Does our media enjoy violence? Is it just REPOTED more than it was??
Any comments gratefully accepted.
While we ( me) are talking about violence have you seen the new campaign from
Adults Surviving Sexual Abuse? I would be very very interested in your comments from thier campaign.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Also here are some stats from australian institute of criminlogy:
Number of recorded crimes /Violent crime
Violent crime includes homicide, assault, sexual assault, robbery and kidnapping (sometimes referred to as abduction). Although robbery may include an element of property crime, it is included as a violent crime, as the use or threat of violence is a more serious offence.
Recorded crime
Between 1996 and 2003, the number of homicide victims • fluctuated between 332 and 386, before dropping below 300 in 2004 and 2005. In 2006, homicide rose above 300 again, to 319.
Continuing the trend of recent years,
robbery offences • increased in 2006.
The number of recorded kidnappings fluctuates yearly. • Over the period 1996–2004 kidnappings registered a general increase, but decreased between 2004 and 2006, from 768 to 725.
The trend in recorded sexual assaults showed a steady • increase over the period 1996–2004. A slight decrease in 2005 was followed by another increase in 2006.
Assaults continue to represent the majority of • recorded violent crimes. The overall trend since 1996 has been upward, with an increase of 50% between 1996 and 2006.
Lud
Monday, March 02, 2009
Adolesence and Pornography
The following is from : Adolesence Pornography and harm ( go here)
Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice - Australian Institute of Criminalogy
No. 368 February 2009
Foreword
No. 368 February 2009
Foreword
The probability that a young person will have exposure to pornography prior to the age of 18—the legal age in Australia at which it is permissible to view and purchase such materials—is very high. Concern exists, among both parents and policymakers, that widespread, premature exposure to pornography is changing the nature of sexual attitudes, behaviours, and intimate relationships and potentially contributing to sexual violence in society. The extent to which it is difficult to determine, owing to the scarcity of adolescent-based research and differing conceptions about harm. This paper examines the many factors that underpin pornography exposure, and stresses how the risk factors for exposure and problematic sexual behaviours intersect to contribute to harm. An understanding of the complex interplay of factors such as gender, age, attitude, personal characteristics and social context of use is important in the development of strategies that will assist young people to avoid any potential adverse outcomes. The available evidence remains highly incomplete, and its interpretation is highly contested, so the paper highlights the need for longitudinal studies of use and of actual behaviour, and for studies that focus on cultural contexts and emerging media.
Judy Putt General Manager of Research Services
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