Preventing the Sexual Victimization of Children: Psychological, Legal, and Public Policy Perspectives

by Charles Patrick Ewing

Book Overview

Sexual exploitation of children is a major social problem in the United States and around the world. Depending upon how such exploitation is defined and measured, divergent estimates indicate that in the U.S. between 3 and 37 percent of males, and between 8 and 71 percent of females are sexually abused in some manner during childhood or adolescence. In response, governments have passed strict laws, entered into international treaties, and established...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199895538
• ISBN13: 9780199895533
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"