Responsibility and Management Strategies in Child Sexual Abuse: A Comparison of Child Protective Workers, Nurses, and Police Officers

• NCJ Number: 121805
• Journal: Child Welfare Volume: 69 Issue: 1 Dated: (January/February 1990) Pages: 43-51
• Author(s): S J Kelley
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 9 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study identifies the attitudes of professionals toward the attribution of responsibility for sexual abuse and strategies for case management.

Abstract

Several variables, including the victim's gender, social status of the perpetrator, use of physical force, one's professional discipline, and past history of childhood victimization were found to influence professionals' attitudes. 2 tables and 14 references. (Publisher abstract)