Child sexual abuse: Issues & concerns

Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment Issues

Methodological issues in child sexual abuse research.

The amount of research concerning the prevalence and consequences of child sexual abuse has increased dramatically during the past decade. Too little attention has been paid to possible methodological influences on this research. This investigation reports on the influences of response rate, ordering of questions, and definition of child sexual abuse on the results of a survey of college studen...

Child sexual abuse and forensic psychiatry: evolving and controversial issues.

Child sexual abuse has received growing attention in recent years, and the topic continues to spark controversy among mental health and legal professionals as well as in the popular media. This paper will review the concept of child sexual abuse, cover relevant definitions, address the clinician's role, and then will address the principal evolving and controversial areas. These areas include ps...

Legal issues in clinical work with child sexual abuse survivors.

Cultural issues in disclosures of child sexual abuse.

Cultural norms affect the likelihood that child sexual abuse will be discovered by an adult or disclosed by a child. Cultural norms also affect whether abused children's families will report child sexual abuse to authorities. This article explores the ways ethnic and religious culture affect child sexual abuse disclosure and reporting, both in the United States and internationally. Guidelines f...