Contents:
Part 1: Toward an Understanding of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Defining Childhood Sexual Abuse. Prevalence of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Age Factors Pertaining to Childhood Sexual Abuse. Prevention Education. Part 2: Correlates of Child Sexual Abuse. Family Systems Theory. Sociocultural Theories. Cognitive Vulnerability. A Developmental Perspective. Stage Theory. Models of Cognitive Development Compared. Part 3: Vulnerability to Childhood Sexual Abuse as a Function of Social Reasoning. Social Reasoning Research. Social Reasoning Methodology. Defining Abusive Action. Predictions of Vulnerability in the Burkhardt Study. Design of the Study. Part 4: How Children Respond to Perpetrators. Different Types of Perpetrators. Recognition of Perpetrators. Boys' and Girls' Reponses to Perpetrators. Measuring the Quality of Children's Responses. Part 5: A Child-generated Model of Sexual Abuse Intervention. Listening to Children. How Children Fail to Recognise Perpetrators. How Children Resist. Why Children Don't Tell. The Tragedy of Incest. Future Research. Part 6: Assessment of Child Sexual Abuse. Terminology. Categories. Occurrence of Child Sexual Abuse. Symptoms and Signs of Child Sexual Abuse. Data Collection, Testing and Interview Procedures.