What is child sexual abuse?

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Touching sexual offenses include:

* Fondling;
* Making a child touch an adult’s sexual organs;
* Penetrating a child’s vagina or anus no matter how slight with a penis or any object that doesn’t have a valid medical purpose.

Non-touching sexual offenses include:

* Engaging in indecent exposure or exhibitionism;
* Exposing children to pornographic material;
* Deliberately exposing a child to the act of sexual intercourse;
* Masturbating in front of a child.

Sexual exploitation can include:

* Engaging a child or soliciting a child for the purposes of prostitution;
* Using a child to film, photograph or model pornography.

In the UK the official definition is “sexual abuse involves forcing or enticing a child or young person to take part in sexual activities including prostitution, whether or not the child is aware of what is happening. The activities may involve physical contact, including penetrative (e.g. rape, buggery or oral sex) or non-penetrative acts. They may include non-contact activities, such as involving children in looking at, or in the production of, pornographic material or watching sexual activities, or encouraging children to behave in sexually inappropriate ways”