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Child Sexual Abuse: An Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Paul E. Mullen ,
Neville J. King  and
Bruce J. Tonge
Paul E. Mullen*
Affiliation:
Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health. pmullen@vicnet.net.au
Neville J. King
Affiliation:
Monash University.
Bruce J. Tonge
Affiliation:
Monash University.
*
*Address for correspondence: Professor P. Mullen, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Locked Bag 10, Fairfield VIC 3078, Australia.
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Abstract

This overview examines the nature, prevalence, and impact of child sexual abuse. Associations and potential risk factors are identified, thus showing that child sexual abuse is not randomly distributed through the population. Finally, we discuss the ways in which clinicians and researchers have conceptualised the impact of child sexual abuse. A social and developmental model is outlined.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 17 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Sexually Abused Children , 01 April 2000 , pp. 2 - 14
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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