Nonverbal communication in a witness examination of seksual abused child

Abstract

Child sexual abuse is a problem of the contemporary world. Disclosure of abuse has a special role. The main tusk ist to provid support and appropriate interventions for the abused child. Child sexual abuse is largely an kind of crime, that stayed unwitnessed and often undetected . Children very often say they don’t disclose because they are afraid. They feel afraid, because of the consequences to themselves and others. Abused children peceive themselves partly responsible for the abuse. They also are unsure whether an abuse has occurred, or they do not know where to turn to for help. There is no one signal or sign of child sexual abuse. Disclosure of the abuse is possible, when practitioners are on the look out for indirect, non-verbal hints or out of context signs and statements that may suggest abuse has or is taking place.