This study reports a grounded theory study of the process of how children tell of their experiences of child sexual abuse from the perspectives of young people and their parents. Individual interviews were conducted with 22 young people aged 8 to 18, and 14 parents. A theoretical model was developed that conceptualises the process of disclosure as…

Until relatively recently, the focus of research, policy and intervention responses to abuse and violence within families has been almost exclusively on the behaviour of adults rather than on the violence within families carried out by children and adolescents. As a consequence, the aggressive and violent behaviour of children and adolescents at…

Explains many sexually abused children are denied justice because of their age, because they may not be able to describe the assaults, and because social systems may not know how to respond. Comments on statutes of limitations and their impact on the opportunity of survivors to seek justice. (Author/JDM)