Compared social skills of rapists and child molesters with those of nonsex-offender inmates and with nonincarcerated males of low and high socioeconomic status. Subjects (N=100) engaged in conversation with a female confederate. Results showed that child molesters presented a clearer profile of heterosocial inadequacy than did rapists. (BH)

This study examined the relationship between a self-reported history of child physical and sexual abuse and chronic pain among women (N = 3381) in a provincewide community sample. Chronic pain was significantly associated with physical abuse, education, and age of the respondents and was unrelated to child sexual abuse alone or in combination with…

This publication offers some insight into the problem of violence in Canadian schools and provides examples of ways to reduce it. The forms of violent activities examined include youth/youth-gang violence, violence against teachers, bullying, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. Each chapter presents research findings and examples of programs…