sexual abuse

Each province and territory has unique legislation defining and describing responses to sexual abuse. Sexual abuse includes using a child for sexual purposes such as through sexual contact, inappropriate exposure to sexual activity or material, or exploitation through prostitution and related activities.

Title	Authors	Year
When Is a Child’s Forensic Statement Deemed Credible? A Comparison of Physical and Sexual Abuse Cases	Hershkowitz, I., Melkman, E. P., & Zur, R.	2018
A longitudinal study of emotion regulation among sexually abused preschoolers	Sèguin-Lemire, Ariane Hèbert, Martine Cossette, Louise Langevin, Rachel	2017
Childhood sexual abuse, sexual motives, and adolescent sexual risk-taking among males and females receiving child welfare services	Wekerle, Christine Goldstein, Abby L. Tanaka, Masako Tonmyr, Lil	2017
Clinical differences and outcomes of sexual abuse investigations by gender: Implications for policy and practice	Fallon, Barbara Collin-Vézina, Delphine King, Bryn Joh-Carnella, Nicolette	2017
Correlates of admitted sexual interest in children among individuals convicted of child pornography offenses	Seto, Michael C. Eke, Angela W.	2017
Gender as a predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms and externalizing behavior problems in sexually abused children	Gauthier-Duchesne, Amélie Hébert, Martine Daspe, Marie-Ève	2017
Pathways linking childhood maltreatment and adolescent sexual risk behaviors: The role of attachment security	Thibodeau, Marie-Eve Lavoie, Francine Hébert, Martine Blais, Martin	2017
Physical and mental health of sexually abused youth: Gender comparisons from a matched-control cohort study	Daigneault, Isabelle Vézina-Gagnon, Pascale Bourgeois, Catherine Esposito, Tonino Hébert, Martine	2017
Sexual abuse and preschoolers: Forensic details in regard of question types	Gagnon, Karine Cyr, Mireille	2017
Sexual Abuse Substantiation by Subtype and Outcomes of Sexual Abuse Investigations by Gender	Fallon, Barbara Collin-Vézina, Delphine King, Bryn Joh-Carnella, Nicolette Houston, Emmaline Black, Tara	2017