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.

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Type of Publication

Title	Year Sort ascending
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
Sexual abuse and preschoolers: Forensic details in regard of question types Gagnon, Karine, Cyr, Mireille	2017
Correlates of admitted sexual interest in children among individuals convicted of child pornography offenses Seto, Michael C., Eke, Angela W.	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
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
The case for specialized health care representatives to recognize and prevent child sexual abuse The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Newfoundland and Labrador	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
A longitudinal study of emotion regulation among sexually abused preschoolers Sèguin-Lemire, Ariane, Hèbert, Martine, Cossette, Louise, Langevin, Rachel	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
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