Child Sexual Abuse Its Scope and Our Failure /

• Main Author: Bolen, Rebecca M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Sexual behavior.; Sexual psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Sexual Behavior.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Child sexual abuse has become a prevalent topic of study and discussion in the fields of Child Psychology, Pediatrics, Law Enforcement, and Social Work. But even with the widespread knowledge of identifiable behavior in its victims and abusers, society's response to child sexual abuse is failin...

Table of Contents:

• Sociohistorical Context
• Historical Overview
• Theories of Child Sexual Abuse: An Historical and Sociocultural Perspective
• Scope of the Problem
• Methodology
• Incidence and Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse
• Extrafamilial Abuse
• Intrafamilial Abuse
• Risk Factors for Child Sexual Abuse Victimization
• Offenders
• Nonoffending Guardians
• Aftermath
• Professional Response to Child Sexual Abuse
• Conclusions.