Wednesday: August 13, 2008
Cases of sexual abuse of minors and child abuse comprise the top three categories of convictions in the Northern Marianas for the past eight years, the Marianas Variety reports.
The findings are based on a study of sexual abuse cases handled by the commonwealth Attorney General’s Office between 2000 and May 2008, the newspaper said. The research was conducted by Samantha Healey Vardaman, director of programs for Shared Hope International, a private group that has been focusing on sex trafficking cases involving minors in the U.S. and its territories.
Vardaman’s review found that there were 25 cases of sexual abuse of minors in the second degree in the review period. There were 13 cases of child abuse and neglect, which comprised the second largest group of convictions. And in third spot, with 11 convictions, were cases of child neglect.
The study also found that there were three convictions were reported for sexual abuse of a minor in the fourth degree, and one conviction each for attempted sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree, kidnapping involving a child, and sodomy on a child
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