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
Men's and women's childhood sexual abuse and victimization in adult partner relationships: A study of risk factors	Daigneault, Isabelle Hébert, Martine McDuff, Pierre	2009
Profiles of school adaptation: Social, behavioural and academic functioning in sexually abused girls	Daigneault, Isabelle Hébert, Martine	2009
Restoring Family Support, Self-Esteem, and Reducing Distress Among Sexually Abused Young Runaways	Edinburgh, Laurel Homma, Yuko Saewyc, Elizabeth Wirkkala, Sara Mickschl, Leah	2009
Sexual abuse history among adult sex offenders and non-sex offenders: A meta-analysis	Jespersen, Ashley Lalumière, Martin Seto, Michael	2009
Where is the Justice? Parental Experiences of the Canadian Justice System in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse	Alaggia, Ramona Lambert, Elizabeth Regehr, Cheryl	2009
Association of child sexual abuse and dating victimization with mental health disorder in a sample of female adolescents	Hébert, Martine Lavoie, Francine Vitaro, Frank McDuff, Pierre Tremblay, Richard E.	2008
Disclosure of sexual abuse, personal and familial factors as predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms in school-aged girls	Bernard-Bonnin, Anne-Claude Hébert, Martine Daigneault, Isabelle Allard-Dansereau, Claire	2008
Male Child Sexual Abuse: A Phenomenology of Betrayal	Alaggia, Ramona Millington, Graeme	2008
Meta-analysis of treatment for child sexual behavior problems: Practice elements and outcomes	St. Amand, Annick Bard, David E. Silovsky , Jane F.	2008
Predicting Suicide Attempts in Young Adults with Histories of Childhood Abuse	Brezo, Jelena Paris, Joel Vitaro, Frank Hébert, Martine Tremblay, Richard E. Turecki, Gustavo	2008