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Problem molestowania seksualnego dzieci w Australii
The problem of child sexual abuse in Australia

Author(s): Andrzej Kobyliński
Subject(s): Criminology, Studies in violence and power, Victimology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: child sexual abuse; cyber-pedophilia; ephebophilia; Fortunato Di Noto; homosexuality; pedophilia; sexual harassment; pedopornography;

Summary/Abstract: The drama of child sexual abuse in Australia is a small part of a big phenomenon on a global scale. In 2013, the Federal Government in Canberra established the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which analyzes the functioning of all the major Australian organizations for the protection of minors from various forms of sexual harassment. The Commission is still controlling more than 1,700 different kinds of institutions, in which cases of pedophilia occurred. The key issue in this dispute about child sexual abuse is a reliable philosophical argumentation, which draws attention to the moral evil of sexual relations between adults and children. The main purpose of this article is to analyze the phenomenon of pedophilia in Australia and to present the most important ethical aspects of child sexual abuse.

  • Issue Year: 14/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 57-75
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish