Sexual abuse of children -statistics

One in four Czech girls and one in seven boys have experienced either sexual abuse or attempted sexual abuse in their childhood, according to the head of the Child Crisis Centre Zora Duskova. Mrs. Duskova appealed for better child protection and a more sensitive approach to child victims, saying that the police often disbelieve children who claim to have been sexually abused. In actual fact, she said, only five percent of children who allege to have been abused have made it up. According to statistics in 61 percent of cases the abuser is a family member or relative, in 25 percent of cases the abuser is a friend of the family or someone whom the child knows. Only in 14 percent of cases are children abused by a stranger.