Cantwell H B
University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Child Abuse Negl. 1988;12(4):579-82. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(88)90075-0.
Three cases of child sexual abuse by child perpetrators are presented showing that sexual abuse of a child by a child may result in the victim becoming a perpetrator, thereby contributing to a potential reservoir of adolescent and adult perpetrators. Sexual play between children requires increased attention from caretakers to determine whether it is abusive, imitated from prior experience, and potentially transmissible to other children. Parents need to be informed, possibly through schools, that incidents of sexual interaction between children should be reported. To punish children for such behavior may protect the perpetrator and silence the victim(s).
本文呈现了三起儿童施虐者对儿童进行性虐待的案例，表明儿童对儿童的性虐待可能导致受害者成为施虐者，从而增加了青少年及成年施虐者的潜在数量。儿童之间的性游戏需要看护者给予更多关注，以确定其是否属于虐待行为、是否是从以往经历中模仿而来以及是否可能传染给其他儿童。可能需要通过学校告知家长，儿童之间的性互动事件应予以报告。因这种行为惩罚儿童可能会保护施虐者并使受害者保持沉默。
