Extrafamilial Sexual Abuse, Misuse and Exploitation

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dc.contributor.authorCrosson-Tower, C.
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-20T17:32:32Z
dc.date.available2015-10-20T17:32:32Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThe prevailing myth has been that children are sexually abused by strangers. It is now known that a significant percentage of sexual abuse is perpetrated by family members or by surrogate caregivers who are close to the child. Yet there is also danger that friends, acquaintances, and, yes, even strangers abuse and exploit children. Child sexual abuse in the broadest sense encompasses not only the inappropriate touching of children but also using children in sexual trafficking, pornography, and prostitution. Perpetrators may meet their victims in person or through the computer. Often perpetrators abduct their victims. This chapter covers the wide range of extrafamilial sexual abuse—from molestation by acquaintances and strangers to the sexual exploitation of children through a variety of misuses of adult power. For the purpose of this chapter, abuse refers to the touching or molestation of a child by a perpetrator, whereas misuse and exploitation refer to the perpetrator’s encouraging sexual contact with or photographing of the child for the perpetrator’s own financial gain. (Author Text)en_US
dc.identifier.citationCrosson-Tower, C. (2005). Extrafamilial Sexual Abuse, Misuse and Exploitation. In: Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect. 6th ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon/Longman.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.pearsonhighered.com/samplechapter/020540183X.pdf  
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2565
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAllyn & Bacon/Longmanen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectCSECen_US
dc.subjectsexual exploitationen_US
dc.subjectreviewen_US
dc.titleExtrafamilial Sexual Abuse, Misuse and Exploitationen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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