Physical Examination in Child Sexual Abuse

Children's memories of a physical examination involving genital touch: implications for reports of child sexual abuse.

Evaluation of child sexual abuse often necessitates interviewing children about genital touch, yet little scientific research exists on how best to obtain children's reports of genital contact. To examine this issue, 72 five- and seven-year-old girls experienced a standardized medical checkup. For half of the children, the checkup included a vaginal and anal examination (genital condition); for...

Emotional impact of the medical examination for child sexual abuse.

Child abuse in the eyes of the beholder: lay perceptions of child sexual and physical abuse.

OBJECTIVE The purpose was to explore the effects of victim and perpetrator gender, type of abuse, and victim-perpetrator relationship on university students' and non-students' perceptions of different kinds of child abuse. METHOD One hundred and ninety-nine participants (including university students and non-student adults) evaluated each of 24 vignettes (within-subjects design) describing an...

Child Sexual Abuse

Child Sexual Abuse