This book provides a framework for understanding the dimensions (scope, taxonomy, philosophy) and dynamics (individual, familial, societal) of pedosexual behavior, particularly child sexual abuse. It focuses on the implementation of integrated intervention strategies for any professional facing these issues. It attempts to provide comprehensive…

This book examines the role child abuse plays within a victim's individual development from childhood through their adult life. It begins by describing the different types of child abuse, prevalence rates, and risk factors. It also describes four types of child maltreatment that include: physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse.…

Describes a project in operation for over two years which offers protective intervention for children and group meetings from parents. Suggests the creation of a number of centers to help vulnerable parents of preschool children in an effort to interrupt the circular spread of violence as a family phenomenon. (WY)

A survey of 84 day care programs compared staff who participated in child abuse intervention and prevention activities with those who did not. No differences were found on intervention activities, but staff in the trained group were significantly more involved in prevention and high risk referral. (CL)

Overviews the development of social responses to the problems of child abuse and neglect. Focuses on history, social values and attitudes, public awareness and policy, laws, and the evolution of social services. (Author/RH)

Child Abuse is examined from an epidemiological viewpoint. (RW)

This paper identifies themes of the Second African Conference on Child Abuse (1993), notes the importance of the breakdown of family structure, and stresses the importance of prevention. Prerequisites for prevention programs in developing countries are considered and development of a macro campaign and local micro efforts is urged. Examples of…

This article explores the relationship between disability and child abuse, addressing both disability resulting from abuse and disability as a factor that contributes to abuse. The article also discusses how schools can improve their reporting practices and their responses to children with disabilities, and how schools can support families. (CR)

The article encourages special educators to be more aware of their responsibilities regarding preventing, identifying, reporting, and intervening in child sexual abuse. Information on indicators of sexual abuse, issues in reporting sexual abuse, effects of reporting on the child victim, school-based interventions, and school-based preventive…

Notes that the majority of prevention efforts offer services to individual parents, families, or children with the goal of altering behaviors and attitudes that contribute to risk. Identifies what is known about the efficacy of prevention, highlights the most promising elements of prevention programming, and summarizes critical outstanding…

Eighty-two child victims of sexual abuse and their families were interviewed about their experiences with disclosure and intervention an average of 3.5 years later. Children reported primarily favorable experiences. Factors associated with increased distress included more contact with intervention professionals, having a medical exam, and…

Information collected from 264 elementary teachers and 47 principals demonstrated that teachers included a broad range of behaviors in their own "theoretical" definitions of child abuse but preferred informal intervention over formal reporting. The decision to report involved the interplay of definitions, institutional response, and…

The effectiveness of a research protocol which utilized the perinatal period to detect risk factors for child abuse and provide appropriate intervention for new parents in Poitiers, France, is examined, given the death of a one-month-old baby girl from child abuse. The paper emphasizes the difficulty with prediction and the limits of prevention…

An evaluation of one therapeutic service offered to sexually abused children in the United Kingdom exposed the methodological issue of false negatives among the comparison group, suggesting that researchers cannot assume that nonreferred comparison subjects have not actually experienced sexual abuse. (DB)

Presents criteria for identifying children with sexually abusive behavior problems, and discusses a process model in assessing these. Highlights advantages (adaptable to a number of different populations, can be used with sexual abuse victims and sexual offenders, and with children as well as adults) of Trauma Outcome Process model over…