The Israeli Independent Public - Abstract of the Inquiry Report - December 2021

A statistical analysis of the testimonies shows that about 71% of the inquiry participants reported that they had experienced continious abuse; about 25% reported a single occurrence of child sexual abuse. The age when the sexual abuse began ranged between 0 and 17. The average age when abuse began in childhood was 8. In 25% of cases, the abuse began when the child was younger than 5 years of age . Regarding the identity of the perpetrator – in about 41% of cases, the perpetrator was a person known to the child (outside the family); in 25% of cases, the abuse was perpetrated by a person in the child’s nuclear family, and in 25% of cases, by a person or persons in their extended family.

RELATION TO PERPETRATOR

9%

Acquaintance Stranger Family member

50%

41%

The Israeli Independent Public Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

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