Responding to child sexual abuse: Exploring the case files of children under the age of 6 admitted to a children's advocacy center for evaluation
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2011
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University of North Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Abstract
Research suggests that roughly 25% of women and 10% of men within the United States were sexually abused at some point during childhood. With such high rates of victimization affecting society, the current study explores a population of children under the age of 6 who were suspected of being sexually victimized and thus admitted to a children’s advocacy center (CAC) for evaluation. This investigation contributes to the literature concerning child sexual abuse (CSA) by exploring the characteristics of these alleged victims, the characteristics of their suspected offenders, the alleged victim’s familial demographics characteristics, and by looking at the data pertaining to the incarceration rates of the suspected offenders identified within the sample.
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children's advocacy centers, young victims, characteristics
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Glassner, S. (2011). Responding to child sexual abuse: Exploring the case files of children under the age of 6 admitted to a children's advocacy center for evaluation. (Master’s Thesis). Retrieved from Proquest. No. 1511429.