Background Researchers have studied the online sexual grooming of minors extensively
since the early 2000s. However, the grooming process is neither new nor restricted to digital …

OBJECTIVES: Since the late 1980s, there has been a strong theoretical focus on
psychological and social influences of perpetration of child sexual abuse. This paper …

Public policy responses to child sexual abuse are dominated by interventions designed to
take effect only after offenders have already begun offending, and after children have …

Child sexual abuse is a widespread social problem that negatively affects victims, families,
communities, and society. This article briefly describes the scope and consequences of child …

Research over the past 20years indicates that adolescent sex offenders account for a
significant number of child sexual abuse perpetrators. Studies indicate that this group has a …

During the past 25 years, North Americans have dramatically increased their awareness of
the extent of child sexual abuse and the serious consequences of such abuse for its victims …

Background Despite differences in how it is defined, there is a general consensus amongst
clinicians and researchers that the sexual abuse of children and adolescents ('child sexual …

The purpose of this article is to review the theoretical, empirical, and practical implications
related to the modus operandi of sexual offenders against children. First, the rational choice …

This article reviews best practice for interviewing child witnesses. In most officially
recognized abuse cases, the child previously disclosed abuse, making it possible to elicit …

There is no question that public awareness and concern about child sexual abuse have
increased in Australia in recent years. In Queensland, official statistics indicate that the rate …