Experiencing child sexual abuse (CSA) is a major public health problem with serious
consequences for CSA victims. For effective assessment and (preventive) intervention …

A growing number of large-scale studies suggest that people with disabilities are at greater
risk of sexual victimization than nondisabled individuals. However, certain results are …

Background Interventions to minimize the long‐term consequences of neglect or emotional
abuse rely on prompt identification of these children. This systematic review of world …

OBJECTIVE: To provide clinicians with current information on prevalence, risk factors,
outcomes, treatment, and prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA). To examine the best …

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of abuse and neglect among a population of children
identified as a function of an existing disability, relate specific types of disabilities to specific …

Objective.—To clarify the definition of sexual abuse of boys, update estimates of its
prevalence, and explore critically its reported correlates, sequelae, and management. Data …

This paper reports the results of a sco** study that reviewed research about child abuse,
child protection and disabled children published in academic journals between 1996 and …

Emotional abuse and neglect are at the core of all types of child maltreatment, and have the
most harmful effects on the physical and psychological development and well-being of …

As feminist theory has developed, scholars increasingly have attended to how gender
intersects with other social characteristics, including sexual orientation, class, and race and …

Maltreatment can have a profound adverse effect on the health of individuals with
intellectual disabilities (ID). People with ID may also be more likely to experience …