Child Sexual Abuse : Issues and Challenges

by Smith, Megan J.; Agrawal, Arpana (CON); Alao, Amos A. (CON); Allart, Jean-Paul (CON); Allen, David M. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781600219993
• ISBN10: 1600219993
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-30
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

"The scope of public ignorance concerning how things work inevitably grows explosively. It is unreasonable to expect widespread or detailed understanding even of the many major support systems that make urban life possible (clean water, electrical supply, groceries in markets at all seasons, trash and sewage disposal....). What we don't understand seems "complex" to us, at least until, with study or practice, we may achieve an occasional "Ah Ha!" moment when complexity suddenly reduces to simplicity, and part of our world view changes forever. In this welcome and appealing book the authors, who have achieved stature in both experimental and theoretical sciences, address the grandest "how things work" issue of them all, viz., the methods and limitations of science itself. They do so in a conversational style accessible to any interested reader. Queries about how science works have provoked controversies from the beginning, still continuing, but even more animated are debates about the limitations of science and its methods. Responsible and informed people are even writing books and articles with the theme: "The End of Science!" In that setting, Zbilut and Giuliani unflinchingly guide the reader through brambles and thickets, emerging unscratched an admirable accomplishment. "

Table of Contents

Perspectives on Awareness Work in the Field of Sexual Abuse of Children in Digital Media	p. 1
Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Botswana Perspectives	p. 9
Credible but Inaccurate: Can Criterion-based Content Analysis (CBCA) Distinguish True and False Memories?	p. 21
Developmental Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse	p. 43
Childhood Sexual Abuse Predicts Women's Unwanted Sexual Interactions and Sexual Satisfaction in Adult Romantic Relationships	p. 67
Facilitating Transition via Group Work with Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse	p. 87
Methods for Incorporating Measures of Childhood Sexual Abuse into Genetically Informative Studies of Psychopathology	p. 109
Culture and the 'Hidden Arm' in Sexual Abuse of Pupils by Teachers in Zimbabwe	p. 125
Childhood Sexual Abuse and Substance Use Problems: Disentangling a Complex Association	p. 137
The Neglect of Contextual Factors in Studies of Child Sexual Abuse: A Commentary	p. 147
Endometriosis and Sexual Abuse	p. 155
Sexual Aggressions amongst Underaged: Vulnerabilities, Risk Factors, Signs of Calling for Help	p. 167
Corporal Punishment in Schools: Current Issues and Challenges in Africa in the New Millennium	p. 181
Peri-traumatic Psychopathology Amongst Sexually Abused Minors	p. 191
Criminal Careers of Dutch Adolescent Sex Offenders; A Criminological Perspective	p. 203
Index	p. 221
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