Identifying and understanding factors that promote or inhibit child sexual abuse (CSA)
disclosures has the potential to facilitate earlier disclosures, assist survivors to receive …

Children and young people often choose not to disclose sexual abuse, thus preventing
access to help and allowing perpetrators to continue undetected. A nuanced understanding …

It has long been claimed that “maltreatment begets maltreatment,” that is, a parent's history
of maltreatment increases the risk that his or her child will also suffer maltreatment. However …

Background Social media is providing new avenues for survivors to disclose sexual abuse
and/or assault. Since the creation of# MeToo (2017), and the larger MeToo movement …

Represents a scholarly and ambitious attempt to improve the quality of interviews received
by the courts and minimize the risks of miscarriages of justice, for victims and defendants …

Seeking and providing support is challenging. When people disclose sensitive information,
audience responses can substantially impact the discloser's wellbeing. We use mixed …

This paper reviews the research on disclosure of child sexual abuse with specific reference
to delays in disclosing, non‐disclosure and partial disclosure of experiences of child sexual …

Investigation of child abuse is often hampered by doubts about the reliability of children as
only sources of information. Over the last decade, consensus has been reached about …

Background Identification, substantiation, prosecution, and treatment of child sexual abuse
often rely heavily on a disclosure from the victim in the absence of corroborating evidence …

Although public awareness is increasing in regard to the realities of child sexual abuse
(CSA) for boys, male survivors often delay disclosure of the abuse for years or even …