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Child Sexual Abuse: Why Children Disclose or Deny Being Abused 2nd Edition

Child Sexual Abuse: Why Children Disclose or Deny Being Abused 2nd Edition

Author: Michael E. Lamb; Irit Hershkowitz; Margaret-Ellen Pipe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032702223
Published In: July 2025
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This fully revised volume provides a rigorous assessment of the latest research relating to the disclosure of childhood sexual abuse, along with the practical and policy implications of the findings.

Leading researchers and practitioners from diverse and international backgrounds offer critical commentary on these findings gathered from both field and laboratory research. Building on the first edition, this book presents the research from the past twenty years on why delayed disclosure or denial is so common and what we can do about it. Chapters focus on field research interviewing reluctant children, both suspected victims of sexual abuse and other crimes, victims of trafficking, as well as young, suspected perpetrators of sexual abuse. Adding emphasis on research-based methods for overcoming reluctance, it also explores the different dynamics and circumstances which affect disclosure patterns and the ways in which interviewers can facilitate disclosures.

Child Sexual Abuse is for researchers and practitioners from child, forensic, and clinical psychology, social work, and all legal professionals who need to understand this crime. It will also be of interest to trainee social workers specializing in child welfare and intervention.

Preface

List of Contributors

1. Child sexual abuse: Who, when, and what to tell? - Michael E Lamb, Margaret-Ellen Pipe, and Irit Hershkowitz

2. Understanding child sexual abuse: Disclosures, delays, and denials - Thomas D. Lyon, Breanne E. Wylie, and Zsofia Szojka

3. Challenges to identification and interviewing of suspected youth victims of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking - Jodi A. Quas, Emma Simpson, and Sarah C. Kim

4. Truths and lies: Making sense of denials and recantations in sexual abuse cases - Victoria Talwar and Angela Crossman

5. Historical cases: Consequence of delayed disclosure on criminal prosecutions - Deborah A. Connolly and Heather L. Price

6. When allegations of child sexual abuse are false - Ros Burnett and Carolyn Hoyle

7. Disclosures and forensic interviews in the context of online child sexual abuse - Julia Korkman and Malin Joleby

8. Disclosures and denials by young people suspected of sexual offences - Irit Hershkowitz, Tal Weissman Ben-Shahar, and Michael E Lamb

9. Strategies to overcome the reluctance to disclose abuse: The Revised NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol - Irit Herskhowitz, Michael E Lamb, Yael Karni-Visel, and Uri Blasbalg

10. Risks and benefits of therapeutic interventions for non-disclosing suspected victims of abuse - Rosaleen McElvaney