How common is child abuse in my community?

Name: Cj. J. E. Bonadie Registration Number: Territory: St.Vincent School: St.Vincent Grammar School School Code: 150015 Subject: Social Studies
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How common is child abuse in my community?

Name: Cj. J. E. Bonadie Registration Number: Territory: St.Vincent School: St.Vincent Grammar School School Code: 150015 Subject: Social Studies

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements... Task 1: Statement of Problem .. Task 2: Reasons for Selecting Area of Research.. Task 3: Method of Investigation... Task 4: Data Collection Instrument.. Questionnaire.... Task 5: Procedures of Collecting Data.. Task 6: Presentation of Data. Task 7: Analysis and Interpretation.. Task 8: Findings Task 9: Recommendations and Implementation Strategy. Appendix... Bibliography..

Acknowledgements
As with everything I do, Id be remiss if I didnt thank my one and only Saviour Jesus Christ, who makes it possible for me to do everything that I do. Id also like to say thank you to everyone else who made it possible to the completion of this SBA.

Task 1: Statement of Problem

How common is child abuse in my community?

Task 2: Reasons for Selecting Area of Research

Child abuse is well known in my community It is also easy to research Children are affected by child abuse every day Child abuse happens every day and you can see and know the people it affected

Task 3: Method of Investigation

For this School based Assessment the method of investigation use was the questionnaire. This method is used because it is easy to tabulate effectively and is cheaper than other methods.

Task 4: Data Collection Instrument

Redemption Sharpes, Kingstown , St.Vincent December 21, 2010

Dear Respondent, My name is Cj Bonadie and I am a fifth form student of the St. Vincent Grammar School. As part of my School Based Assessment (S.B.A) for Social Studies, I have chosen the problems faced by single parents in my community (Redemption Sharpes) as my topic. I would really appreciate it if you will fill out this questionnaire thereby helping me to gather the necessary information.

Questionnaire

Sex: Male [ ]

Female [ ]

Age: 13-17 [ ] 14-18 [ ] 19-23 [ ] 24+ [ ] 1. Have you ever been in a case where you were abused by an adult? Yes [ ] No [ ] 2. Is child abuse common in your village? Yes [ ] No [ ] 3. Give reasons for your answer._________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________ 4. Do you know anyone who was abused by their parents? Yes [ ] No [ ] 5. Was it more than once? Yes [ ] No [ ] 6. Do you know think people abuse children because they are under pressure? Yes [ ] No [ ] 7. How often have you observed child abuse in your village? [ ] Rarely [ ] Often [ ] Occasionally [ ] Very Often 8. Do you consider child abuse a major problem in your village? Yes [ ] No [ ] 9. Give reasons for your answer._________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

10. Give one cause that makes child abuse common in my village.________________ ___________________________________________________________________

11. Do you think laws should be enforced to prevent child abuse? Yes [ ] No [ ] 12. What do you think should happen to perpetrators of child abuse? They should be: [ ] Fined [ ] Counseled [ ] Jailed [ ] All of the above 13. What do you think should be done for children who are victims of child abuse? They should be: [ ] Removed from their home [ ] Counseled [ ] Place in foster homes [ ] All of the above 14. As an individual what can you do to prevent/stop child abuse in your community? __________________________________________________________________ 15. Identify ways in which children should be disciplined. ______________________

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Task 5: Procedures of Collecting Data

How For this School based assessment information needed was collected via questionnaires. The questionnaires were distributed in a structured random manner by picking every third person who passed my house gate of different age group and they were given one questionnaire each. This method was used because it will be much easier to collect more information with this method. When Data collection for this School based assessment was collected between December 14th 24th 2010 between 4:00pm 6:00pm after most of the persons in my community have finished working.

Where The gathering of this data was conducted in the vicinity of the Redemption Sharpes.

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Task 6: Presentation of Data

Figure One: Pie chart representing the answers to the question Do you think laws should be enforced to prevent child abuse?. in my questionnaire.

No 20%

Yes No

Yes 80%

This chart shows the percentage of how much people said Yes or No to the question Do you think laws should be enforced to prevent child abuse? 80 percent said Yes while the remaining 20 said No.

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Figure two: Column graph showing the responses to the question Do you consider child Abuse a major problem in your village?
Responses 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Males Who Said Yes 2 Males Who Said No 9 Females Who Said Yes 1 Females Who Said No 8 Responses

Responses

This column graph shows the responses made by both male and female to the question, Do you consider child abuse a major problem in your village?

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Figure three: Table showing the responses to the question What do you think should be

Responses

Number of people
Male Female 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2

Percentage of people
25% 20% 25% 30%

Remove from their homes Counseled Placed in foster homes All of the above

Done for children who are victims of child abuse?

This table shows the amount of males and females that selected these choices on the questionnaire.

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Task 7: Analysis and Interpretation

The questionnaire was distributed to twenty persons, nine being females and eleven being males. From the questionnaire a question Have you ever been in a case where you were abused by an adult was posed and forty five percent (45%) percent said yes which seems to suggest that persons when they were young were being abused while others are still being abused cause the respondents are of different age groups. Fifty five percent (55%) which are all females said no which would indicate that child abuse is widespread and prevalent especially among males. For the question Is child abuse common in your village? more than ten persons who agree that child abuse was and is still present in the village because amongst persons whose response was yes most of them are adults and the others are children which means it is still prevalent. The others who responded negatively were less than seven. The question Do you know anyone who was abused by their parents? was asked and All of the respondents answered yes which states that villagers are aware of child that child abuse is going on and know that children are being abused. Do you think people abuse other persons because they are under pressure? was ask via questionnaire and twenty persons (20) responded by saying yes which would indicate parents are suffering from stress from day-to-day activities and when children misbehave they abuse them. For the question Do you consider child abuse a major problem in your village? more people said yes in comparison to those who said no which therefore means that the

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majority of the villagers are aware that child abuse is taking place and sees it has a major problem. Do you think laws should be enforced to prevent child abuse? was asked , 7/20 persons stated that perpetrators should be fined and counseled, 1/5 said they should be jailed while 1/10 said all of the above. For the victims 1/4 said they should be removed from their homes, 1/5 said they should be counseled, 1/4 said they should be placed in foster homes while 3/10 said all of the above. This would indicate that most of the villagers are willing and are trying to stop child abuse

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Task 8: Findings
Child abuse is widespread and prevalent especially amongst women. Persons in my village are being abuse or was abused Child abuse was and is still prevalent in my village Villagers are aware that child abuse is present in the village and children are getting abused.

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Task 9: Recommendations and Implementation Strategy

Recommendations: Counseling and educational services need to be provided Children removed from their homes if they are being abused constantly by parents or any adult. Punish perpetrators of very sever child abuse

Implementations:

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Appendix

Redemption Sharpes, Kingstown, St.Vincent December 21, 2010

Dear Respondent, My name is Cj Bonadie and I am a fifth form student of the St. Vincent Grammar School. As part of my School Based Assessment (S.B.A) for Social Studies, I have chosen the problems faced by single parents in my community (Redemption Sharpes) as my topic. I would really appreciate it if you will fill out this questionnaire thereby helping me to gather the necessary information.

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Questionnaire

Sex: Male [ ]

Female [ ]

Age: 13-17 [ ] 14-18 [ ] 19-23 [ ] 24+ [ ] 1. Have you ever been in a case where you were abused by an adult? Yes [ ] No [ ] 2. Is child abuse common in your village? Yes [ ] No [ ] 3. Give reasons for your answer._________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________ 4. Do you know anyone who was abused by their parents? Yes [ ] No [ ] 5. Was it more than once? Yes [ ] No [ ] 6. Do you know think people abuse children because they are under pressure? Yes [ ] No [ ] 7. How often have you observed child abuse in your village? [ ] Rarely [ ] Often [ ] Occasionally [ ] Very Often 8. Do you consider child abuse a major problem in your village? Yes [ ] No [ ] 9. Give reasons for your answer._________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

10. Give one cause that makes child abuse common in my village.________________ ___________________________________________________________________

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11. Do you think laws should be enforced to prevent child abuse? Yes [ ] No [ ] 12. What do you think should happen to perpetrators of child abuse? They should be: [ ] Fined [ ] Counseled [ ] Jailed [ ] All of the above 13. What do you think should be done for children who are victims of child abuse? They should be: [ ] Removed from their home [ ] Counseled [ ] Place in foster homes [ ] All of the above 14. As an individual what can you do to prevent/stop child abuse in your community? __________________________________________________________________ 15. Identify ways in which children should be disciplined. ______________________

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Bibliography
1. Ramsawak, Rampersad. Uraw, Ralph R., Modules in Social Studies with SBA Guide & CXC Questions,3rd Edition, Caribbean Education Publishers. 2. Sandy, Mervin C. Grayson, Stephenson C. Social Studies Essential with SBA, Study Guide & Exercises CXC New Edition, Carlong Publishers. 3. Beddoe, I. B., Bernard L., Rohlehr, B. A., Seepersad, K., Social Studies for the Caribbean CXC Core Units and Options with School-BasedAssessment New Edition, Heinemann for CXC.

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