Preventing The Sexual Victimization Of Children: Psychological, Legal, And Public Policy Perspectives

'Preventing the Sexual Victimization of Children is the first book to critically evaluate national and international efforts to reduce child sexual abuse (CSA) and ameliorate its effects. Until now, input from social science and mental health experts has been accepted for the most part uncritically, as have the programs and laws that have been developed in reliance upon that advice. Here Dr. Ewing utilizes empirical data, policy considerations, cos-benefit analyses, psychological theory, legal reasoning, and common sense to understake the often difficult and sometimes controversial task of distinguishing prevention strategies that are likely to prevent CSA from those that are not.--

• | Author: Charles Patrick Ewing
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 09, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0199895538
• | ISBN-13: 9780199895533