Ojo, Matthias Olufemi DadaAbisoye, Amos OlutundeFawole, Olufemi AdeniyiChikezie, Jude2019-10-312019-10-312017-032276-9013http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3281One of the problems that make it difficult to fight sexual defilement of minors is non-report of the cases to law enforcement agencies in the country. This study, therefore, investigated the reasons why victims of sexual defilement of minors and their parents would not report incidences of defilement to authority. The study adopted descriptive survey design. Data were collected through qualitative and quantitative methods. These involved two in-depth interviews and 100 questionnaire survey of court officials (77) and social workers (23). Qualitative data were analysed using content analysis, while quantitative data were analysed using frequency distribution. Fifty - Six percent of the sampled court officials were female; 79.0 of them were married and 81.0 of them had between 1 to 3 children.ensexual defilementcourtfemalevictimArticle