Reports of sexual abuse of children in state care: A comparison between children with and without intellectual disability

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Table 1. Type of sexual abuse and type of report to the police (child victims with ID).

	Officially report to police n (%)	Informing the police n (%)	No contact with the police n (%)	N
Type of sexual abuse
Intercourse	35 (79.5%)	7 (15.9%)	2 (4.5%)	44
Touching of genitals	14 (48.3%)	7 (24.1%)	8 (27.6%)	29
Touching (not genitals)	4 (36.4%)	3 (27.3%)	4 (36.4%)	11
No physical contact	4 (36.4%)	4 (36.4%)	3 (27.3%)	11
Total N (%)	57 (60.0%)	21 (22.1%)	17 (17.9%)	95

Table 2. Type of (presumable) perpetrator and frequency of sexual abuse, type of location of abuse, and report to the police (child victims with ID; N and % within type of perpetrator).

	Frequency of sexual abuse			Type of location of abuse					Report to the police
	Once n (%)	Repeated n (%)	N	Inside institution n (%)	School n (%)	(Foster) Home n (%)	Other n (%)	N	Official report to police n (%)	Informing the police n (%)	No contact with the police n (%)	N
Type of perpetrator
Peer	41 (67.2%)	20 (32.8%)	61	47 (77.0%)	1 (1.6%)	1 (1.6%)	12 (19.7%)	61	26 (44.1%)	18 (30.5%)	15 (25.4%)	59
(Foster)Family	8 (36.4%)	14 (63.6%)	22	1 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (87.0%)	2 (8.7%)	23	15 (68.2%)	4 (18.2%)	3 (30.0%)	22
Employee	3 (27.3%)	8 (72.7%)	11	6 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (33.3%)	2 (16.7%)	12	6 (60.0%)	1 (10.0%)	3 (30.0%)	10
Acquaintance	15 (53.6%)	13 (46.4%)	28	1 (3.7%)	3 (11.1%)	6 (22.2%)	17 (63.0%)	27	23 (82.1%)	2 (7.1%)	3 (10.7%)	28
Unknown	2 (100%)	0 (0.0%)	2	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (100.0%)	2	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1
Total N (%)	69 (55.6%)	55 (44.4%)	124	55 (44.0%)	4 (3.2%)	31 (24.8%)	35 (28.0%)	125	71 (59.2%)	25 (20.8%)	24 (20.0%)	120

Table 3. Type of (presumable) perpetrator and general type of institution (child victims with ID; N and % within type of institution).

	Ambulant n (%)	Residential n (%)	Total N (%)
Type of perpetrator
Peer	3 (15.8%)	58 (54.2%)	61 (48.4%)
Family	9 (47.4%)	13 (12.1%)	22 (17.5%)
Employee	1 (5.3%)	11 (10.3%)	12 (9.5%)
Acquaintance	6 (31.6%)	23 (21.5%)	29 (23.0%)
Unknown	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	2 (1.6%)
N	19	107	126

Table 4. Type of victim and type of institution, type of location of abuse, and report to the police (N and % within type of victim).

	Type of institution			Type of location of abuse					Report to the police
	Ambulant n (%)	Residential n (%)	N	Inside institution n (%)	School n (%)	(Foster) Home n (%)	Other n (%)	N	Official report to police n (%)	Informing the police n (%)	No contact with the police n (%)	N
Type of victim
Children without ID	2 (4.3%)	45 (95.7%)	47	28 (60.9%)	2 (4.3%)	10 (21.7%)	6 (13.0%)	46	26 (57.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (42.2%)	45
Children with ID	11 (29.7%)	26 (70.3%)	37	11 (29.7%)	1 (2.7%)	18 (48.6%)	7 (18.9%)	37	28 (82.4%)	3 (8.8%)	3 (8.8%)	34
Total N (%)	13 (15.5%)	71 (84.5%)	84	39 (47.0%)	3 (3.6%)	28 (33.7%)	13 (15.7%)	83	54 (68.4%)	3 (3.8%)	22 (27.8%)	79