Identification of the Problem Behaviour

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Introduction
Sexual assault is unwanted sexual behaviour used by criminals in order to assert
control and power towards the victim. A few types of sexual assault are rape attempts,
unsolicited sexual touch, and forcing someone to execute sexual acts. The victim of sexual
assault can be anyone men, female, or even children (Bentovim, 2018). Globally the minor
sexual abuse rate is estimated to be 7.9 percent for males and 19.7 percent for females
(Mews, Bella & Purver, 2017). A recent study showed that male commits most of the sexual
abuse than females. The main objective of this essay is to develop a suitable action and
conceptualisation for the upsetting behaviour of an individual. It is structured to talk about
the identification of the problem, things that are needed to be addressed, proper explanation
of Peter’s behaviour, rehabilitation program required to be done along with the objectives and
rate of its success.
Discussion
Identification of the problem behaviour
In the case study, the problem identified was that Peter sexually assaulted boys of 10
and 14 years of age present in the scout team. He is ashamed of his activity. Peter might get
involved in this activity due to his previous experience, where his uncle sexually abused him
during childhood. Sexual abuse is a crime that needs to be dealt with strongly in order to
prevent it. Australian children experiencing emotional, sexual and physical abuse are
neglected.
Things need to be addressed
A few things need to be addressed sexual abuse towards children in intricate. There
are some ethical challenges in performing research on child sexual abuse. In the given case
study, Peter was found performing abusive action against his scout boys group. The

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psychologist diagnosed that Peter himself was a victim when he was a child, and a recent
accident made his wife paraplegic making her sexually incapable. It might be Peter is
mentally ill as he is meeting his sexual desire over boys of 10 and 14 years of age. Things
that are needed to be addressed are raising awareness regarding not accepting of child abuse,
educating children and public regarding the abuse and policies, strong evaluation of the child
abuse care program, preventing child from being sexually abused from adults and launching
mental health program for child being abused (Daffern et al., 2018). It is very important to
address the fact that this mental health treatment needs to deal with both victim and criminal.
Conceptualisation of the problem
The concept of a sexual offense is any sexual behaviour or contact happening without
consent. The sexual offense includes rape, human trafficking, sexual harassment, sexual child
abuse, or any sexual contact (Ho, 2015). Sexual violence is linked to long-term consequences
for both communities as well as for the public. Rape is referred to as an act of sexual
violence. Sexual assault does include not only rape but also the physical act of sex against
people without their approval. The sexual assault includes behaviour and ideas created in the
environment allowing burgeoning from smaller instances of sexual harassment to the pitiless
assault including multiple perpetrators (Kemp et al., 2014). The term sexual assault is
denoted to physical acts, and the goal of this essay is to explore ways to prevent it.
A sexually assaulted person can be helped with the healing procedure. The victim
needs to believe that the sex offender is at fault, not the victim. The reaction of sexual assault
varies from person to person thus healing the trauma slowly (Wery & Billieux, 2017). The
victim needs to converse about the assault so that they can get assistance. The effect of sexual
assault has a noteworthy negative impact. People helping rape victims, psychoanalyst, and
sexual assault investigator can have variation in their trauma.