Objective: The goal of this study was to compare rates of positive medical findings in a 5-year prospective study of 2384 children, referred for evaluation of possible sexual abuse, with two decades of research. The prospective study summarizes demographic information, clinical history, relationship ...
Chapter 30 presents a case of confusion in childhood with possible abuse, and discusses that there are four types of abuse that medics need to be able to diagnose—physical, sexual, psychological, and neglect, that signs of physical abuse are easiest to detect and treat, and should prompt the...
287 children involved in sexual abuse are reviewed. All were reported in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., in 1979. Specific attention is given to the origin of the report of cases later determined to be unfounded. Sibling sexual involvement is examined, particularly with reference to the age differe...