INTRAFAMILIAL (INCEST) ABUSE RESOURCES
These are Intrafamilial (Incest) Abuse Resources.
Please also see:
Child Sex Tourism || Circle of Trust Abuse || Male Victims - Journal References
Prostituted Children || General Child Abuse || General Child Sexual Abuse
The National Association to Protect Children (PROTECT.org) is a national pro-child, anti-crime membership association working to eliminate the "incest exception" laws in states where it still exists. Visit their website to get more information about their victories and current campaigns to protect children.
ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH
(click here for Organizations/Agencies)
Abortion Blocked For Raped 12-year-old Girl in Mexico
The Associated Press, July 13, 2001
Abused Children 'Put At Risk During Supervised Visits'
Irish Independent, July 12, 2001
Abusing Father is Jailed
BBC News, July 2, 2001
Alleged Sexual Abuse Not Reported by Mormon Officials in Montana
The Associated Press, June 8, 2001
Boy May Eventually be Returned to His Family if Certain Conditions Met
The Standard-Examiner, November 27, 2001
Charles Town Man Charged With More Than 200 Sex Offenses
The Herald-Mail, October 19, 2001
Child in Incest Is Always the Victim, State High Court Says
The San Francisco Examiner, April 27, 2001
Child-Sex Trial Shocks Belgium
BBC News, January 31, 2002
Child Sexual Abuse and the State: Applying Critical Outsider Methodologies to Legislative Policymaking
UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 5, 2006
Law professor Ruby P Andrew examines the legal history behind the incest laws and their collision with the developing law on child sexual abuse. The paper details the multiple types of special, preferential treatment that state criminal codes give to child rapists who "grow their own victims."
Closing the Loopholes for Incestuous Offenders
Belleville News-Democrat, May 18, 2003
Comment on the Universality of Incest
by Andrew Vachss, The Journal of Psychohistory, Vol. 19, pg. 219, 200 [1991]
Court: Calif. Predator Law Covers Only Those Who Victimize Strangers
The Associated Press, August 23, 2002
Dix Hills Man Held For Sexual Abuse
Suffolk Life, October 3, 2001
- $1 Million Bail For Sex Abuse Suspect
Suffolk Life, October 17, 2001 - Second Indictment In Child Sex Abuse
Suffolk Life, November 7, 2001 - Plea Bargain Reached In Dix Hills Father's Abuse of Daughter
Newsday, June 1, 2002 - DA: Man Offered 5-Year Old Girl to Pedophile
The Associated Press, June 25, 2002 - LI Man Gets Additional Porn Charge
Newsday, June 29, 2002 - Father is Sentenced
Newsday, July 30, 2002 - New Sex Charges for Nassau Man
Newsday, September 24, 2002 - Federal Charges in Valley Stream Sex-Abuse Case
Newsday, January 17, 2003
Family Values
The Recorder, June 7, 2002
Girl Removed From Home After Having Stepfather's Baby
The Associated Press, October 29, 2000
- Stepfather Confession Allowed at Rape Trial
Muskegon Chronicle, June 1, 2001 - Stepfather Pleads to Raping Teen For Years
Muskegon Chronicle, July 27, 2001 - Stepfather Gets Life For Rapes
Muskegon Chronicle, September 4, 2001
Guidelines for the Psychosocial Treatment of Intrafamilial Child Physical and Sexual Abuse
Report from the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, April, 2001.
Incest Offender Cannot Use Bankruptcy To Avoid Judgment: Henderson v. Woolley
Decision from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Brunswick Division, November, 2001.[PDF]
Judge Stays Prison Term in Incest Case
Herald Times Reporter, March 9, 2002
Law Change Provides More Punishment for Incest Perpetrators
Northwest Arkansas Times, July 25, 2004
Molester Receives Four Life Sentences
The Galveston County Daily News, August 14, 2004
Mom Charged With Raping Her Son, 7
The Times-Picayune, March 23, 2002
Our Endangered Species: A Hard Look At How We Treat Children
by Andrew Vachss, Parade, March 29, 1998
Parents Charged With Rape
The Akron Beacon Journal, November 28, 2001
- Mother Gets 16 Years in Boy's Rape
The Akron Beacon-Journal, October 5, 2002
Police: Abusive Dad Ruled House of Horrors
Boston Herald, June 15, 2001
- Mom 'Overwhelmed' By Plight: Salisbury Family Struggles After Escape
Boston Herald, June 17, 2001 - Police Unravel Tale of Salisbury Family's Abuse
The Boston Globe, June 18, 2001 - Police Eyeing Infant's Death
The Boston Globe, June 23, 2001 - Man Accused of Child Abuse Allegedly Threatened Friend
The Boston Globe, July 27, 2001 - Father Pleads Innocent to Abuse Charges
The Associated Press, July 27, 2001 - Man Accused of Hiding, Assaulting Family Faces Charge of Violating Restraining Order
The Associated Press, February 7, 2002 - Rape Charges Mount Against Salisbury Dad
- Accused Abuser Pleads Not Guilty to New Charges
The Boston Herald, August 20, 2002
The Eagle-Tribune, August 15, 2002
Port Man Jailed For Incest
Cecil Whig, June 5, 2002
Rapist Denied Parole
Tribune-Chronicle, August 13, 2002
Selected Review of the Literature on Adult Female and Male Incest Survivors
By Susan Ray, RN, MSc.N, CNS; somewhat scholarly overview and commentary on selected literature related to adult incest survivors.
Sibling Sexual Abuse: Emerging Awareness of an Ignored Childhood Trauma
Moving Forward, May/June 1992
Sisters, in 40s, Finally Get Indictment
The Associated Press, February 19, 2002
Taking the CARE Act to the States: The North Carolina Experience
by Grier Weeks, October 16, 2000, documenting the successful fight to overturn North Carolina's "incest exception" law.
A Victim or Not?
The Scotsman, June 4, 2001
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
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Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre
292 Wellington Street, Collingwood 3066
Victoria, Australia
Phone: (03) 9486-9866
TTY: (03) 9417-1255
www.dvirc.org.au
Information and referral to local services for domestic violence victims, the children of domestic violence victims, and victims of intrafamiliar sexual abuse, throughout Australia.
Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute
6160 Cornerstone Court East
San Diego, CA 92121
Phone: (858) 623-2777
www.fvsai.org
Making Daughters Safe Again
mdsa-online.org
Online resources for mother-daughter incest survivors, including self-help, info, chat, public forums, info for students, researchers, loved ones, general research on female offenders, links.
National Association to Protect Children
46 Haywood Street, Suite 315
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: (828) 350-9350
www.protect.org
America's first political lobby for child protection.
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
Toll-free Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE
www.rainn.org
RAINN is a national hotline for victims of sexual assault. Calls to the hotline are instantly computer-routed to the 24-hour rape crisis center nearest the caller.
Sibling Abuse Survivors Information and Advocacy Network
P.O. Box 301
Sebring, FL 33871
www.sasian.org
VOICES in Action
Victims Of Incest Can Emerge Survivors
8041 Hosbrook Road, Suite 236
Cincinnati, OH 45236
Toll-Free: 1-800-7-VOICE-8
www.voices-action.org
