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Gelles, Richard J.; Conte, Jon R. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990
Reviews research on family violence and sexual abuse of children in the 1980s. Examines family violence rates, intergenerational transmission of violence, effects of violence on children and women, and effectiveness of interventions. Review of child sexual abuse examines defining sexual abuse, its prevalence, research on sexual offenders and risk…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Childhood Needs, Family Life, Family Violence
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Conte, Jon R.; Fogarty, Linda A. – Education and Urban Society, 1990
Reviews efforts to prevent sexual abuse of children. Discusses the nature of sexual abuse and what an understanding of that nature implies for programs to prevent sexual abuse of children. Summarizes the research on sexual abuse prevention programs. Outlines major policy implications of this research. (JS)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Elementary School Students, Policy Formation, Prevention