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Rise in ACC abuse payouts; One-off compensation for 800
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The number of lump-sum payouts by the Accident Compensation
Corporation (ACC) quadrupled in the past year, with more than 800
people given one-off compensation payments for injury or abuse.
Nearly 50 people were given more than $100,000.
Critics say the huge increase in lump-sum payments can be put down
to a Government decision in April 2002 allowing sexual- abuse victims
to receive one-off payments of up to $100,000.
ACT MP Heather Roy said yesterday that the ACC was n...
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Redefining sexual abuse liability.(news analysis)
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True and False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse
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Sexual abuse: The abusive family unit1
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Evaluation of a third grade sexual abuse curriculum.
Journal of School Health
; Most states define child sexual abuse as nonconsensual physical contact with a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification.[1] All 50 states either strongly encourage or mandate reporting of child sexual abuse by school personnel.[2] Actual prevalence of child sexual abuse proves difficult to
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