Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment

by Kathleen Coulborn Faller

• ISBN13: 9780761919971
• ISBN10: 076191997X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-18
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment, Second Edition updates its comprehensive coverage of child sexual abuse definitions and indicators, interview and questioning techniques, and diagnosis guidelines to include an insightful response to the building social backlash against the so-called "child abuse industry." Distinguished scholar and experienced practitioner Kathleen Coulborn Faller applies twenty-five years of clinical experience and state-of-the-art research to offer authoritative guidance to both novice and experience practitioners.

Author Biography

Kathleen Coulborn Faller, PhD, ACSW, DCSW, is Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
PART I: WHAT CONSTITUTES SEXUAL MALTREATMENT?	1	(52)
Professional Roles and the Extent of Child Sexual Maltreatment	3	(16)
Definitions and Signs of Child Sexual Maltreatment	19	(34)
PART II: COLLABORATING WITH INSTITUTIONS HAVING MANDATORY AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS	53	(50)
Working With Protective Services and the Police	55	(18)
Collaborating With Attorneys and Working With the Courts	73	(30)
PART III: DATA COLLECTION AND DECISION MAKING	103	(86)
Child Interviews When Sexual Abuse Is Suspected	105	(36)
The Context of Child Interviewing	141	(22)
Decision Making in Child Sexual Abuse	163	(26)
PART IV: SEXUAL ABUSE IN SPECIAL CONTEXTS	189	(84)
Sexual Abuse in Family Foster Care	191	(24)
Sexual Abuse in Day Care	215	(22)
Sexual Abuse Allegations in Divorce	237	(36)
References	273	(18)
Name Index	291	(8)
Subject Index	299	(8)
About the Author	307