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Responsibility and Management Strategies in Child Sexual Abuse: A Comparison of Child Protective Workers, Nurses, and Police Officers

NCJ Number
121805
Journal
Child Welfare Volume: 69 Issue: 1 Dated: (January/February 1990) Pages: 43-51
Author(s)
S J Kelley
Date Published
1990
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This study identifies the attitudes of professionals toward the attribution of responsibility for sexual abuse and strategies for case management.
Abstract
Several variables, including the victim's gender, social status of the perpetrator, use of physical force, one's professional discipline, and past history of childhood victimization were found to influence professionals' attitudes. 2 tables and 14 references. (Publisher abstract)