“Child sexual abuse victims are being failed by courts, says NSPCC”

Hello Classmates:

Today I will talk about an article related with my career. This is: “Child sexual abuse victims are being failed by courts, says NSPCC”, and your link is: http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/oct/05/child-sexual-abuse-victims-failed-court.

In this article addresses about  the "Sayings" of  National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), that says: the child abuse sexual victims are not being given the help that they need in the judicial process, for this reason, many children suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, that is, suffer a secondary victimization.

Defense attorneys are often very aggressive with children; even some lawyers have called these children "liars".

In the judicial process these children reviving traumatic events, for this reason is necessary an intermediary. Is necessary humanizing the judicial process because they don't understand this justice intimidating and daunting.

Actually, just 2% children receive personal guidance, while more than 50% suffers stress for this judicial process, with panic attacks, self-harm and difficulty sleeping.

In this article it is proposed mandatory training for legal advocates who work with child victims of sexual abuse. In this way the judicial system may ensure the welfare of children. The welfare of children cannot be harmed by the pursuit of justice.

The techniques that are being used to protect the welfare of children in the trial are: use intermediary, recordings, give the evidence behind a screen, etc.