CHILD AS A SEX VICTIM - PSYCHO-SOCIAL-LEGAL PERSPECTIVES (FROM POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 1973-1974, V 2, 1975 BY JAMES T CURRAN AND RICHARD H WARD - SEE NCJ-28138)

• NCJ Number: 31889
• Author(s): L G Shultz
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: AMS Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES VICTIM CHARACTERISTICS, EFFECTS OF VICTIMIZATION UPON CHILDREN, IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF THE CHILD SEX VICTIM, AND POLICY PROBLEMS RELATED TO VICTIM PARTICIPATION IN COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Abstract

PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE AND HANDLING, WHETHER BY A PEDIATRICIAN, PSYCHIATRIST, SOCIAL WORKER, PSYCHOLOGIST, OR NURSE, IS EMPHASIZED. GUIDELINES FOR INTERVIEWING CHILD SEX CRIME VICTIMS ARE ALSO SUGGESTED.