The Sexual Abuse of Children: A Comprehensive Guide to Current Knowledge and Intervention StrategiesReviews and thoroughly analyzes in one comprehensive volume the extensive information now available on child sexual abuse from all relevant areasmental health, social services, medicine, and law. Reveals what in the literature is myth and what is fact--and shows how we can better identify, treat, and prevent child sexual abuse. |
Contents
A Critical Social Problem | 1 |
Understanding Child Sexual Abuse | 9 |
Definitions of Abuse | 13 |
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