Child Sexual Abuse Case by Type and by Nature in 2022
(1) Number of Child Protection Case (CPC) by Type of Sexual Abuse#
Type of Sexual Abuse
2022
Incest
10
Sexual intercourse with relatives
1
Sexual intercourse with non-relatives
145
Others forms of sexual activity (fondling, mutual sexual fondling, etc.)
298
Total
454
#One or more than one type(s) can be selected under sexual abuse case. Thus, the total number of types may not equal to
the total number of sexual abuse case.
(2) Number of Sexual Abuse Case by Nature of the Incident
Nature of Case
2022
The incident was considered as
a harm/maltreatment to a child in the
Multi-disciplinary Case Conference on Protection of Child with Suspected
404
Maltreatment (MDCC) or by all professionals concerned (for cases where
MDCC was dispensed with) after the investigation.
A child was considered of
having a high risk of harm/maltreatment in future though
the incident was not considered as a harm/maltreatment to a child in
25
a MDCC or by all professionals concerned (for cases where MDCC was
dispensed with) after the investigation.
The incident was
not ascertained as a harm/maltreatment to a child who was
also not considered of having a high risk of harm/maltreatment in future in
a MDCC or by all professionals concerned (for cases where MDCC was
14
dispensed with) after the investigation but, with analysis on the concrete
information available, professionals considered that the
harm/maltreatment
incident was very likely to have happened.
Total
443