Two studies investigated the role of group allegiances in contributing to the failure of institutions to appropriately respond to allegations of child sexual abuse. In Study 1, 601 participants read a news article detailing an allegation of child sexual abuse against a Catholic Priest. Catholics were more protective of the accused-and more skeptical of the accuser-than other participants, an ef...

This descriptive study summarized data from a child advocacy center to illustrate how such information might be used to profile the scope and character of child sexual abuse (CSA) at the community level. This detailed information is not available from national or state data but is needed to understand the circumstances of the children receiving services and the type of care they may need. Varia...

ISSN 0817-8542 ISBN 0 642 24211 9 There is no question that public awareness and concern about child sexual abuse has increased in Australia in recent years. In Queensland, for example, official statistics indicate that the rate of sexual offences reported to police doubled between 1994 and 1998 from about 92 per 100,000 to more than 190 per 100,000. The majority of these offences were committe...

Introduction Incidence of child sexual abuse is increasing worldwide. There is little data on child sexual abuse in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. Objectives To describe the demographic and medico-legal findings of victims of sexual abuse aged less than 16 years and to identify factors associated with positive findings on medical-legal examination. Methods This cross-sectional ana...

In this paper we analyze the phenomenon of abuse and neglect in Romania order to reduce incidence phenomenon. This addresses issues regarding: description child abuse, types (e.g.: physical abuse; sexual emotional / psychological neglect), particularities children Romania, some therapeutic models used treating effects abuse.

Childhood and adolescent sexual abuse has been associated with subsequent (adult) sexual risk behavior, but the effects of force and type of sexual abuse on sexual behavior outcomes have been less well-studied. The present study investigated the associations between sexual abuse characteristics and later sexual risk behavior, and explored whether gender of the child/adolescent moderated these r...

What exactly do you do as a Psycho-therapist in a Child Guidance Clinic? How would you define your function and are there special factors operating in Child Guidance Clinic treatment? Is there a particular quality in the relationship between therapist and child, and are there limitations peculiar to therapy in the Child Guidance Clinic? These are questions we are increasingly being asked as the...

This vignette study investigated factors that influence believing child sexual abuse disclosures. College student participants (N = 318) in a university human subject pool completed measures about their own trauma history and responded to questions about sexist attitudes. Participants then read vignettes in which an adult disclosed a history of child sexual abuse, rated disclosures for accuracy...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between child maltreatment and severe early adolescent peer-on-peer sexual aggression, using a multiple mediator model. METHODS The study comprised 330 male Grade 9 students with a mean age of 14.9 years (SD=0.5). RESULTS Estimates from the mediation model indicated significant indirect effects of child physical abus...