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	Year of Publication
Journal article Pathways linking childhood maltreatment and adolescent sexual risk behaviors: The role of attachment security	2017
Journal article Physical and mental health of sexually abused youth: Gender comparisons from a matched-control cohort study	2017
Journal article Sexual abuse and preschoolers: Forensic details in regard of question types	2017
Information Sheet Sexual Abuse Substantiation by Subtype and Outcomes of Sexual Abuse Investigations by Gender	2017
Report The case for specialized health care representatives to recognize and prevent child sexual abuse	2017
Journal article The journey of obtaining services: The realities of male survivors of childhood sexual abuse	2017
Journal article The placement trajectories of youth served by child protection for sexual abuse	2017
Journal article A prospective study of the impact of child maltreatment and friend support on psychological distress trajectory: From adolescence to emerging adulthood	2016
Journal article Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder casts a long shadow: Findings from a population-based study of adult women with self-reported ADHD	2016
Journal article Characteristics of sexually abused children and their nonoffending mothers followed by child welfare services: The role of a maternal history of child sexual abuse	2016