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NCJ Number:	121827

Title:	Dealing With Child Sexual Assault: Recent Developments

Journal:	British Journal of Criminology Volume:29 Issue:4 Dated:(Autumn 1989) Pages:395-407

Author(s):	B Naylor

Date Published:	1989

Page Count:	13

Type:	Issue Overview

Format:	Article

Language:	English

Country:	United Kingdom

Annotation:	In the early 1980s, sexual assault on children came onto the national and then international agenda with the resulting public attitudes going from shocked disbelief to shocked acceptance.

Abstract:	Recent events reported by the 1988 Inquiry into Child Abuse in Cleveland (England), focusing on practice and procedure, indicate a swing towards cynicism. Driven by the growing evidence of significant levels of abuse, bureaucracies and researchers are moving cautiously to recommend and produce change. Recent developments in psychological research on child memory, in the law relating to child victims, and in the management of allegations of abuse are examined. 46 references. (Author abstract modified)

Main Term(s):	Child Sexual Abuse; Juvenile witnesses

Index Term(s):	Australia; England



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