CHILD SEX ABUSE
What is Child Abuse/Molestation?
Child sexual abuse is any interaction between a child and an adult (or another child) in which the child is used for the sexual stimulation of the perpetrator or an observer. A central characteristic of any abuse is domination of the child by the perpetrator through deception, force, or coercion into sexual activity. Children, due to their age, cannot give meaningful consent to sexual activity.
Child sexual abuse includes touching and non-touching behaviors. For instance, sexual assault comprises the intentional touching of a child’s genital area, groin, inner thighs, buttocks, or breasts, or the clothing covering them, or a perpetrator having a child touch these parts of the perpetrator’s body, for purposes of sexual arousal or gratification. Alternatively, sexual assault also incorporates non-touching conduct such as the intentional masturbation of the perpetrator’s genitals in the presence of the child. Physical force may or may not be used.
Sexual exploitation or child pornography often goes unknown by parents, and is also related to the growing number of juvenile runaways who have made their way to California. In many cases, the runaway makes an attractive target for adults who prey on troubled kids. Sexual exploitation includes not only prostitution but also use of children to pose or model for films, photos, drawings, paintings and other pictorial depictions which involve obscene sexual conduct. Our child molestation attorney will be sure justice is served for these atrocious acts and help ensure that any damage done by theperpetrator is compensated for.