Domestic violence and sexual abuse of children: a review of research in the eighties
1990
Gelles, R.J. | Conte, J.R.
This article reviews research on family violence and sexual abuse of children in the 1980s. The first section focuses on research on changing rates of family violence, the intergenerational transmission of violence, the effects of violence on children and women, and assessments of the effectiveness of intervention strategies. The second section reviews the issue of the sexual abuse of children and examines the issues of defining sexual abuse, its prevalence, research on sexual offenders and risk factors, the impact of sexual abuse, and studies of the effectiveness of prevention efforts.
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