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| NCJ Number:
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NCJ 100127
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| Title:
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National Symposium on Child Molestation, 1984
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| Corporate Author:
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US Dept of Justice
United States
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| Sale:
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National Institute of Justice/
NCJRS paper reproduction
Box 6000, Dept F
Rockville, MD 20849
United States
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| Publication Date:
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1984 |
| Pages:
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257 |
| Type:
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Issue overviews |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Annotation:
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In these panel discussions, victims, advocates, criminal justice personnel, and service deliverers consider issues in the prevention, detection, and prosecution of child molestation. |
| Abstract:
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The first panel's members examine victim and family reactions to child sexual assault, difficulties in prosecution and conviction, public attitudes toward sexual molestation, the criminal justice system response, areas for research, and the work of Society's League against Molestation. The second panel examines criminal justice system processing of the child victim, with a focus on the need for systemwide cooperation in prosecution and the special difficulties associated with child victim/witnesses. The third panel considers the victims' and children's rights movement in relation to child molestation, both nationwide and in Texas, Wisconsin, and Illinois. The use of videotaping of child victims also is discussed. The fourth panel discusses victim services, including victim identification and diagnosis, victim reactions, case management, and counseling. The role of the expert witness also is considered. The next panel discusses and describes public awareness and community education programs, particularly school-based programs. The final panel discusses legislative and law enforcement initiatives in sexual abuse prevention and issues in offender and victim treatment. Additional discussion of some of these issues is included. |
| Main Term(s):
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Child sexual abuse |
| Index Term(s):
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Public education ; Victim services ; Sexual assault victims ; Police crime-prevention ; Psychological victimization effects ; Victims' rights ; Public attitudes toward crime ; Child abuse prevention ; Child victims ; Victim-witness programs |
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