14—The Daily Collegian Monday, April 13, 1981
Child abuse on the rise
Number of local sexual abuse cases increases
, By GENE GRYGO
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Last year, ,14 cases of sexual abuse
against children were reported in Centre
County, the highest number in the last
four years, speakers at a child sex abuse
seminar said.
Judge Charles C. Brown of the Centre
County Court of Common Pleas attrib
uted the rising number of cases to an
increase in the reporting of sex abuse
incidents despite the many obstacles that
keep such cases hidden.
'The procedure is the same in every case. There
are those who say that it's unfair, unrealistic, I
unjust to deal with (sexually abused) children who
can't talk about it to their parents and friends. How
are they ever going to talk to a judge?'
Charles C. Brown,
judge, Centre County Court of Common Pleas
Terry Watson, Centre County Director
.' of Children and Youth Services, com
piled the report on child sex abuse
crimes and said that the sexual abuse of
, children is becoming more common.
"It's certainly becoming more and
more prevalent. In 1977, there were five
: kids (reported to have been abused) and
five kids are too many," he said at last
week's seminar. "One kid is too many."
The number of reported child sex
4 abuse incidents from 1977-81 are: 1977
five cases; 1978 two; 1979 six; 1980
14; and, so far in 1981 eight cases.
. 1 The seminar was organized to help a
• variety of people in service fields detect
and report incidents of child sex abuse,
said Joyce Kole, a caseworker for Centre
County's Mental Health and Retardation
Unit.
A group of about 90 people including
teachers, school nurses and guidance
counselors from local schools, and police
and probation officers, 'attended the
seminar sponsored by the Centre County
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Youth Services agency and other related
agencies, Kole said.
"Our primary goal is to educate them
on how to report abuse," she said.
Although the number of reported cases
for 1980 is high, most cases are still go
unreported, Brown said.
"We have had successes, .but I think
that they are very limited," he said.
"Very, very few sex abuse cases get to
court."
Brown said some cases that do get to
court are often "horror stories."
"It takes a great deal of sophistication,
morally and philosophically, to deal with
it," he said.
Whether a child is sexually abused, can
be determined at the social agency or
district magistrate level, he said.
"Sometimes the cases are kept secret,
hidden because they're shaMeful," he
said. "Some are stopped before they're
started. Perhaps, the family will decide
the case themselves." ,
Brown said the difficulty in getting
people to report sexual abuse crimes lies
in the very sensitive, personal nature of
the crime.
"The procedure is the same in every
case," he said. "There are those who say
that it's unfair, unrealistic, unjust to deal
with children who can't talk about it to
their parents and friends. How are they
ever going to talk to a judge?"
Teachers, social workers, police and
others must become more sensitive to
the problem, he said.
"Agencies and courts must throw
away the idea that nothing can be done,"
he said. "It's tremendously emotional in
the court room. Half of the people are
crying, and one of them is me.
"The child doesn't have a chance and
you can predict where he will wind up.
We've got to help the children work
through these things. We've got to do
something."
Brown said the state General Assem
bly should enact special legislation to
deal with child sex abuse cases.
"We need something imaginative and
innovative in dealing with these cases,"
he said.
Barbara Marder, director of the social
services at the Tressler-Lutheran church
and an instructor in the University's
continuing education program, said that
signs showing that a child has been
abused sometimes appear during a
workshop, but these signs • are not reli
able.
Excessive masturbation, burning sen
sations in the urinal tract and bed wet
ting can be signs of physical abuse, she
said. Sexual promiscuity, delinquent be
havior and prostitution may also be signs
that a person has been abused, he added.
However, she added, "None indicate
sexual abuse; none are positive."
Sexual abusers of children may have
been abused children themselves, she
said.
"The abuser has a poor understanding
of his or her role," she said. "There are
all different kinds (of abusers). Lawyers,
doctors, ministers, not just the lower
socio-economic groups.
"Although the experience is not always
traumatic, it's my personal view that a
child is always victimized in the long run.
"Incest is usually a seductive rather
than a violent process," she said.
Kathleen Candelora; who works at a
day care center, said although she has
not dealt with a child who has been
sexually abused, she believed the semi
nar could possibly help her in the future.
"I think some of the topics we covered
.today would keep me in tune with it and
help me to react to it in a productive
way," she said. ,
Kristin Dubbel (13th-nutrition) and Don Main (graduate-math),? along with the other members of the Interlandia
Dancers, help set the mood at the Slavic folk festival. • •
Slavic festival
By BRIAN E. BOWERS
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Brightly colored traditional Slavic dresses swirled as
dancers moved to the beat of polka music. Eastern
European pastries were served amid an array , of Slavic
arts and crafts.
The Third Annual Penn State Slavic Folk Festival, held
Friday and Saturday at the Paul Robeson Cultural Center
in the Walnut Building, gave students and local community
members a chance to become better acquainted with the Those who came were invited to dance to the music and
arts and customs of the Slavic peoples. compete in some contests.
The festival featured folk art of the major Slavic Arts and crafts from all major Slavic groups were
groups, films, live entertainment and an ethnic snack bar. displayed and demonstrated. There were wood carvings
"We have had a very positive response from the local from Russia (mainly bears in a wide variety of styles and
Slays," said Lorraine T. Kapitanoff, festival coordinator. positions) and Poland.
"People come up with tears in their eyes having seen their Dolls in traditional dress matched the workers behind
culture shown in its proper prospective." the stands. Metal and silverwork from several countries
"We do not think the Slays get enough credit for their were also exibited.
contributions, the folk songs, dances and arts." she said. At one stand, Ukranian Easter Eggs were made by
Sigmund S. Birkenmayer, professor of Slavic languages, Peggy Miskovsky.
said, "At the festival, we are trying to make people. of
Slavic descent proud of their heritage."
The Slavic people inhabit eastern European countries:
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and the
Soviet Union.
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