Child Sexual Abuse

This fully revised volume provides a rigorous assessment of the latest re search relating to the disclosure of childhood sexual abuse, along with thepractical and policy implications of the findings.Leading researchers and practitioners from diverse and internationalbackgrounds offer critical commentary on these findings gathered fromboth field and laboratory research. Building on the first edition, this bookpresents the research from the past twenty years on why delayed disclosureor denial is so common and what we can do about it. Chapters focus onfield research interviewing reluctant children, including suspected victimsof sexual abuse and other crimes, victims of trafficking, as well as young,suspected perpetrators of sexual abuse. Adding emphasis on research basedmethods for overcoming reluctance, it also explores the different dynamicsand circumstances which affect disclosure patterns and the ways in whichinterviewers can facilitate disclosures.Child Sexual Abuse is for researchers and practitioners from child, foren sic, and clinical psychology, social work, and all legal professionals who needto understand this crime. It will also be of interest to trainee social workersspecializing in child welfare and intervention.