Intra-Familial and Extra-Familial Child Sexual Abuse: Differences in Swedish Court Cases

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dc.contributor.authorBergh, C.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-28T16:19:42Z
dc.date.available2017-06-28T16:19:42Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractChild sexual abuse (CSA) has been shown to differ depending on the relationship between child complainant and defendant, yet no found studies have compared intra-familial and extra-familial CSA in Sweden. The present thesis aimed to study quantitative differences between alleged intra-familial and extra-familial cases of CSA. Cases from Swedish District Courts (n = 174) of sexual abuse against children up to 7 years old were analyzed. In line with previous research, several differences in characteristics between alleged intraand extra-familial cases were found. A significant difference in juridical decision to convict or acquit was also shown, with more intra-familial cases resulting in acquittal and more extra-familial cases resulting in conviction. Extra-familial relationship was also a significant predictor to conviction. Future studies may want to further examine whether an explanation for the difference in juridical decision could be found in differences in evidence provided.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBergh, C. (2017). Intra-Familial and Extra-Familial Child Sexual Abuse: Differences in Swedish Court Cases. Gothenburg, Sweden: University of Gothenburg.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1112863/FULLTEXT01.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3413
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Gothenburgen_US
dc.subjectcomparisonen_US
dc.subjectintrafamilial abuseen_US
dc.subjectextrafamilial abuseen_US
dc.subjectcourt casesen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectSwedenen_US
dc.titleIntra-Familial and Extra-Familial Child Sexual Abuse: Differences in Swedish Court Casesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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