Child sexual abuse is a major problem in Jamaica. Preliminary data from OCR is that in 2013, 3386 sexual abuse cases were reported, a 23% increase over the previous year. Of the reported cases, 92% were of girls; more than half (1,910) of all reported cases of sexual abuse were carnal abuse (sex with children under 16 years old) and there were 349 cases of child rape.   (UNICEF, 2014