Abuse, opinions

Aleccia, Jonel, The threat of child abuse typically lurks close to home; Spokesman Review, April 8, 2007  
While popular perception warns of "stranger danger" and urges society to protect children from outsiders, law enforcement experts and advocates for abused children say the real threat most often lurks close to home. Nearly 85 percent of abused children are hurt by a parent acting alone or with another person, according to the federal Child Welfare Information Gateway. That includes about 80 percent of sexual abuse cases and nearly 90 percent of neglect [...]

Daily Mail, How the NSPCC faked child abuse stories to generate cash; Daily Mail (UK), 11th September 2007  
Children's charity the NSPCC has become the latest high profile organisation to be involved in a faking scandal - this time with made-up examples of child abuse.  In a letter sent out to generate donations, the society used a number of shocking examples of cruelty to young people. These featured a young girl who rang the service and talked of a baby-sitter "doing things to her she didn't like". [...] But the NSPCC used made-up stories to get donations. 

Gieles, Frans,  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who shall guard the guards?) In memoriam: Edward Werner, 11 years And the well-being of Sam Manzie, 15 years, translated from the Dutch NVSH Lwg JORis Newsletter

Muskogee Phoenix, Righteous anger often clouds right reasoning; The impulse to lock up every child sex offender and throw away the key is getting out of hand; December 18, 2005 (www)
We are not proposing that child sex offenders get off easy, nor that children are not protected from people who would abuse them. We are proposing that we approach the problem of child sexual abuse with reason as well as with righteous anger. Longer prison terms are not the only answer to preventing child abuse. 

Nair, Preetu, Media reports on paedophilia in Goa; on a blog, 9 Feb, 2007 
I am a journalist working in Goa and would like to bring to your attention two stories which appeared recently one the BBC report which goes like this: "Goa - new paedophile's paradise?" and another story which appeared in Times of India , Mumbai edition issue dated 30 November 2006: "Paedophilic activities in Goa" 
First, I would like to bring to your kind attention the sensational statements made by BBC