Child Abuse, Sexual - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The consumption of Internet child pornography and violent and sex offending.

12 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: There is an ongoing debate on whether consumers of child pornography pose a risk for hands-on sex offenses. Up until now, there have been very few studies which have analyzed the association between the consumption of child pornography ... Read more...

Assessing the effectiveness of the NICHD investigative interview protocol when interviewing French-speaking alleged victims of child sexual abuse in Quebec.

26 May 2009 OBJECTIVES: The study was designed to assess the effectiveness of the flexibly structured NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol for child sexual abuse (CSA) investigative interviews by police officers and mental health workers in Quebec. The NICHD ... Read more...

[Expert evaluation of unusual anatomical structure of the genital organs and hymen in sexually assaulted victims]

29 Apr 2009 The paper reports examples of expert examination of women with anomalous anatomical organization of external genitalia and hymen who have experienced sexual assault. Expert interpretation of these findings and their forensic medical implications is ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Child Abuse, Sexual - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The consumption of Internet child pornography and violent and sex offending. 12 Jul 2009
• Child abuse reporting: do you know what to do? 29 Jun 2009
• When is an unusual sexual interest a mental disorder? 30 May 2009
• The public policy implications of "hebephilia": a response to Blanchard et al. (2008). 30 May 2009
• Assessing the effectiveness of the NICHD investigative interview protocol when interviewing French-speaking alleged victims of child sexual abuse in Quebec. 26 May 2009
• [Expert evaluation of unusual anatomical structure of the genital organs and hymen in sexually assaulted victims] 29 Apr 2009
• Barely legal: is attraction and estimated age of young female faces disrupted by alcohol use, make up, and the sex of the observer? 29 Apr 2009
• Borderline personality disorder and related traits in forensic psychiatry. 29 Apr 2009
• Expert judgment in cases of alleged child sexual abuse: clinicians' sensitivity to suggestive influences, pre-existing beliefs and base rate estimates. 30 Mar 2009
• Legal outcomes of sexually abused children evaluated at the Philippine General Hospital Child Protection Unit. 7 Mar 2009
• Jury selection in child sex abuse trials: a case analysis. 27 Feb 2009
• Risk assessment of sexual offenders for extended supervision orders in New Zealand: basic principles and current practice. 27 Feb 2009
• Surgical aspects of child sexual abuse. 14 Feb 2009
• The contribution of children's advocacy centers to felony prosecutions of child sexual abuse. 21 Jan 2009
• The prevention of childhood sexual abuse. 30 Dec 2008
• [The establishment of relationship between mental disorder of a victim and psychotraumatic effect of sexual character in the legal expertise of "health harm severity"] 30 Dec 2008
• Cultural consequences of miscarriages of justice. 30 Dec 2008
• Role of the forensic psychiatric nurse. 30 Dec 2008
• A comparative study of the prosecution of childhood sexual abuse cases: the contributory role of pediatric Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE) programs. 30 Dec 2008
• The Children's Amendment Act and the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act: duty to report child abuse and sexual offences against children and mentally disabled persons. 29 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Child Abuse, Sexual'

Definition: Sexual maltreatment of the child or minor.

Descriptor UI: D002650

Alternative terms: Child Abuse, Sexual; Sexual Child Abuse; Sexual Abuse of Child; Molestation, Sexual, Child; Child Molestation, Sexual; Molestation, Sexual Child; Sexual Child Molestation; Sexual Abuse, Child; Abuse, Child Sexual; Child Sexual Abuse;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; diagnosis; mortality; rehabilitation; therapy;

Tree Number: I01.198.240.748.300; I01.198.240.856.350.250.255; I01.880.735.900.350.250.255; I01.880.787.293.292.325;

History Note: 87

Technical Notes: check also tag CHILD or specific; for adult survivors of child sexual abuse, check both tags CHILD or specific + relevant adult age