Close to Home

Buy This Item Close to Home by Direct Cinema Limited  Available from Amazon  $29.95  on 11-25-2008     It is estimated that there are 60 million survivors of childhood sex abuse crimes in the United States and that 90 percent of the abusers are people children know, love or trust. CLOSE TO HOME takes an unprecedented look at this crime and the complexities surrounding its disclosure when the offenders are trusted community members. Weaving together intimate interviews of abuse victims and videotaped forensic testimony, CLOSE TO HOME contrasts five personal accounts of child sex abuse with the chilling statements of convicted sex offenders. CLOSE TO HOME was produced by the Mark McGwire Foundation for Children, Established in 1997 by former U.S. Olympian and baseball player Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals). Reader Reviews This video dealt well with a difficult topic, sexual abuse of children, in an informative, balanced manner. The impact of sexual abuse on the primary victim was shown from various perspectives: male,female, juvenile, and adult. All of the victims were abused by people known to them and their families, rather than strangers. This video could be used in sex offender treatment to deal with victim empathy, or it could be used in a chaperone group.

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