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The epidemiology of child sexual abuse
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Date Issued
1999
Date Available
2014-01-28T09:40:54Z
Abstract
The scale of child sexual abuse is the central concern in this chapter. There are
two main types of studies which attempt to describe the scope of child sexual
abuse. Firstly, there are incidence studies which seek to estimate the number of
cases identified in a specific population during a given time period and in a given
locality. Secondly, there are prevalence studies which attempt to estimate the
proportion of a population that has been sexually abused in the course of their
childhood. Incidence figures are usually expressed as a number of cases per 1000
children per annum in a designated geogaphical area. Prevalence figures, on the
other hand, are expressed as a percentage of cases within a defined population
reporting abuse.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Journal
Journal of Child Centred Practice
Volume
6
Issue
1
Start Page
57
End Page
86
Copyright (Published Version)
1999 Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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