This section contains links to information about child sexual abuse as well as the effects of sexual violence against women on their children.

Journal Articles | Research Reports | Links

• Child Maltreatment Profiles and Adjustment Problems in High-Risk Adolescents. Hazen AL, Connelly CD, Roesch SC, Hough RL, Landsverk JA. J Interpers Violence 2008
• Profiles of behavioral problems in children who witness domestic violence. Spilsbury JC, Kahana S, Drotar D, Creeden R, Flannery DJ, Friedman S. Violence Vict; 23(1): 3-17. 2008
  
• A Media Campaign Prevention Program for Child Sexual Abuse: Community Members' Perspectives. Self-Brown S, Rheingold AA, Campbell C, de Arellano MA. J Interpers Violence 2008
• Childhood maltreatment and early alcohol use among high-risk adolescents. Hamburger ME, Leeb RT, Swahn MH. J Stud Alcohol; 69(2): 291-5. 2008
• Intersection of Child Abuse and Children's Exposure to Domestic Violence. Herrenkohl TI, Sousa C, Tajima EA, Herrenkohl RC, Moylan CA. Trauma Violence Abuse 2008
• Update on child maltreatment. Newton AW, Vandeven AM. Curr Opin Pediatr; 20(2): 205-212. 2008
  
• Exposure to Domestic and Community Violence in a Nonrisk Sample: Associations With Child Functioning. Malik NM. J Interpers Violence 2008
  
• Hostility ratings by parents at risk for child abuse: Impact of chronic and temporary schema activation. Farc MM, Crouch JL, Skowronski JJ, Milner JS. Child Abuse Neglect 2008
• Improving detection and quality of assessment of child abuse and partner abuse is achievable with a formal organisational change approach. Wills R, Ritchie M, Wilson M. J Paediatr Child Health; 44(3): 92-8. 2008
  
• Predictors of child molestation: adult attachment, cognitive distortions, and empathy. Wood E, Riggs S. J Interpers Violence; 23(2): 259-75; 2008
• Review of the contemporary literature on how children report sexual abuse to others: Findings, methodological issues, and implications for forensic interviewers. London K, Bruck M, Wright DB, Ceci SJ. Memory; 16(1): 29-47. 2008
• Sensation seeking and risk-taking propensity as mediators in the relationship between childhood abuse and HIV-related risk behavior. Bornovalova MA, Gwadz MA, Kahler C, Aklin WM, Lejuez CW. Child Abuse Neglect; 32(1): 99-109. 2008
  
• Posttraumatic stress symptoms mediate the relation between childhood sexual abuse and nonsuicidal self-injury. Weierich MR, Nock MK. J Consult Clin Psychol; 76(1): 39-44. 2008
• Review of research on child maltreatment and violence in youth. - Maas C, Herrenkohl TI, Sousa C. Trauma Violence Abuse; 9(1): 56-67. 2008
• Synergistic effects of child abuse and intimate partner violence on depressive symptoms in women. Fogarty CT, Fredman L, Heeren TC, Liebschutz J. Prev Med 2008
• Violence perpetration and childhood abuse among men and women in substance abuse treatment. Burnette ML, Ilgen M, Frayne SM, Lucas E, Mayo J, Weitlauf JC. J Subst Abuse Treat 2008
  
• Concordance between adolescent reports of childhood abuse and child protective service determinations in an at-risk sample of young adolescents. Everson MD, Smith JB, Hussey JM, English D, Litrownik AJ, Dubowitz H, Thompson R, Dawes Knight E, Runyan DK. Child Maltreat; 13(1): 14-26. 2008
• Health Care Utilization and Costs Associated with Childhood Abuse. Bonomi AE, Anderson ML, Rivara FP, Cannon EA, Fishman PA, Carrell D, Reid RJ, Thompson RS. J Gen Intern Med 2008: Abstract.
• Advances in understanding and treating childhood sexual abuse: implications for research and policy. Johnson RJ. Fam Community Health; 31(1): S24-31. 2008: (Abstract; subscription needed for full text) Full abstract.
  
• Advances in understanding and treating childhood sexual abuse: implications for research and policy.  Johnson RJ. Fam Community Health; 31(1): S24-31. 2008
• Exposure to child abuse and risk for mental health problems in women. Schneider R, Baumrind N, Kimerling R. Violence Vict; 22(5): 620-31. 2007
• A New Demonstration Project for Children and Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence, Barbara Nissley, & Nancy Durborow, Family Violence Prevention and Health Practice, Issue 6, October 2007
  
• Child maltreatment, youth violence, and intimate partner violence developmental relationships. Fang X, Corso PS. Am J Prev Med; 33(4): 281-90. 2007
• In the best interests of society. Harris WW, Lieberman AF, Marans S. J Child Psychol Psychiatry; 48(3-4): 392-411. 2007
• Adolescent psychosocial risk factors for severe intimate partner violence in young adulthood.  Keenan-Miller D, Hammen C, Brennan P. J Consult Clin Psychol; 75(3): 456-63; 2007
  
• Children's self-report about violence exposure: An examination of the Things I Have Seen and Heard Scale. Thompson R, Proctor LJ, Weisbart C, Lewis TL, English DJ, Hussey JM, Runyan DK. Am J Orthopsychiatry; 77(3): 454-66. 2007
• How good is the evidence available in child protection?  Sibert JR, Maguire SA, Kemp AM. Arch Dis Child; 92(2): 107-8. 2007
• National samples, sexual abuse in childhood, and adjustment in adulthood: a commentary on Najman, Dunne, Purdie, Boyle, and Coxeter (2005). Rind B, Tromovitch P. Arch Sex Behav; 36(1): 101-6; discussion 107-9. 2007
• Sexual Murderers of Children: Developmental, Precrime, Crime, and Postcrime Factors.  Beauregard E, Stone MR, Proulx J, Michaud P. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol 2007
• School-based education programmes for the prevention of child sexual abuse. Zwi K, Woolfenden S, Wheeler D, O'Brien T, Tait P, Williams K. Cochrane Database Syst Rev; 3: CD004380. 2007
• Child maltreatment and violent delinquency: disentangling main effects and subgroup effects.  Mersky JP, Reynolds AJ. Child Maltreat; 12(3): 246-58. 2007
• Cognition, emotion, and neurobiological development: mediating the relation between maltreatment and aggression. Lee V, Hoaken PN. Child Maltreat; 12(3): 281-98. 2007
• The murder of children by fathers in the context of child abuse. Cavanagh K, Dobash RE, Dobash RP. Child Abuse Neglect 2007
• Routine activities and sexual assault: an analysis of individual- and school-level factors.  Cass AI. Violence Vict; 22(3): 350-66. 2007
• Child maltreatment, revictimization, and violent behavior. Hosser D, Raddatz S, Windzio M. Violence Vict; 22(3): 318-33. 2007
• Paediatricians' views on smacking children as a form of discipline.  Slade AM, Tapping CR. Eur J Pediatr 2007
• Neurobiological effects of childhood abuse. Rick S, Douglas DH. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv; 45(4): 47-54. 2007
• Young Women's Social and Occupational Development and Mental Health in the Aftermath of Child Sexual Abuse. Schilling EA, Aseltine RH, Gore S. Am J Community Psychol; ePub(ePub) 2007
• Sexual violence against adolescent girls: influences of immigration and acculturation. Decker MR, Raj A, Silverman JG. Violence Against Women; 13(5): 498-513; 2007
• Sexually transmitted infections in preadolescent children. Lewin LC. J Pediatr Health Care; 21(3): 153-61, 2007
• Consequences of childhood sexual abuse experiences on dental care. Leeners B, Stiller R, Block E, Görres G, Imthurn B, Rath W. J Psychosom Res; 62(5): 581-8; 2007
• Re-victimization patterns in a national longitudinal sample of children and youth. Finkelhor D, Ormrod RK, Turner HA. Child Abuse Neglect; 31(5): 479-502. 2007
• Adverse childhood experiences and prescribed psychotropic medications in adults.  Anda RF, Brown DW, Felitti VJ, Bremner JD, Dube SR, Giles WH. Am J Prev Med; 32(5): 389-94. 2007
• Trauma exposure and child abuse potential: Investigating the cycle of violence. Craig CD, Sprang G. Am J Orthopsychiatry; 77(2): 296-305. 2007
• The effect of childhood physical and sexual abuse on adolescent weapon carrying. Leeb RT, Barker LE, Strine TW. J Adolesc Health; 40(6): 551-8, 2007
• Improving credibility assessment in child sexual abuse allegations: The role of the NICHD investigative interview protocol. Hershkowitz I, Fisher S, Lamb ME, Horowitz D. Child Abuse Neglect 2007
• Schenk, Katie D., Tapfuma Murove, and Jan Williamson. "Protecting children's rights in the collection of health and welfare data," Health and Human Rights 9(1): 81-100, 2006
• Charles Felzen Johnson, Child sexual abuse, Lancet; 364: 462-70, 2004 (registration required)
• Violence against women increases the risk of infant and child mortality : a case-referent study in Nicaragua, Asling-Monemi, Kajsa et al Bulletin of the WHO 81 (1), 2003
• Brian M Willis, Barry S Levy, Child prostitution: global health burden, research needs, and interventions, Lancet Volume 359, Number 9315: 1417-22 20, 2002 (registration required)
• Childhood sexual abuse, dissociation, and adult self-destructive behavior. Rodriguez-Srednicki O. J Child Sex Abuse; 10(3): 75-90. 2001
• Coid, Petruckevitch et. al. Relation between childhood sexual and physical abuse and risk of revictimisation in women: a cross-sectional survey, Volume 358 Issue 9280, 2001

• Stolen Childhood, Lost Learning. Safe Schools Every Girl's Right Amnesty International, 2008
  
• The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; Middlebrooks JS, Audage NC. 2008
• Safe Schools: Every Girl’s Right, Amnesty International, 2008
• The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health across the Lifespan. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008
  
• Quality Standards for Protecting Child Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, 2007
• Little eyes, little ears : how violence against a mother shapes children as they grow. Alison Cunningham, Linda Baker. National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, Public Health Agency of Canada. 2007
• Report Submitted By The Special Rapporteur On The Sale Of Children, Child Prostitution And Child Pornography, Juan Miguel Petit, A/HRC/4/31, 2007
• Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, 2007
• Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2007, Plan International, 2007
• Toolkit for implementing and monitoring the East Asia and Pacific Regional Commitment and Action Plan against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC), The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
• "Ideas on working with girls" A Resource Collection, Women, Ink. International Women’s Tribune Centre
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects to Combat Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: GTZ, 2007
• Meeting the Needs of Young Clients: A Guide to Providing Reproductive Health Services to Adolescents. FHI, 2007
• Child Pornography: Model Legislation & Global Review, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, 2006: Also available in French, Arabic, Spanish and Russian.
• Africa’s Children: The Struggles of Youth: Multimedia presentation from NYTimes.com, which includes a section on child sexual abuse.
• Violence Against Young Children: A Painful Issue, Early Childhood Matters, No. 106, June 2006
• The Second International Policy Conference on the African Child: Violence Against Girls in Africa The African Child Policy Forum, 2006.
• United Nations Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children, 2006
• Rights of the Child: Report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children, 2006
• Behind Closed Doors: The impact of domestic violence on children. UNICEF and the Body Shop International, 2006
• Child Marriage Education and Advocacy Kit: International Centre for Research on Women, Too young to wed:  Child marriage in their own words, 2006 
• ICMEC Child Pornography: Model Legislation and Global Review, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, 2006
• The Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Children Who Have Been Commercially Sexually Exploited: A Training Guide, ECPAT, 2005
• Mugawe D & Powell A, Born to high risk: violence against girls in Africa Pension Research Council, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA), 2005
• Forgotten Casualties of War -Girls in armed conflict, Save the Children UK, 2005
• Boys Are Victims of Domestic Violence, American College of Physicians, 2005
• Child Protection - A Handbook for Parliamentarians, Inter-Parliamentary Union and UNICEF (2004)
• Sexual abuse of young children in Southern Africa.Richter, L., Dawes, A.. & Higson-Smith, C. (Eds), Cape Town: HSRC Press, 2004
• So You Want to Involve Children in Research, Save the Children (pdf format), 2004
• Chapter 3: Child Abuse and Neglect By Parents and Other Caregivers, World Report on Violence and Health, WHO, 2003
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• Easy Targets: Violence against Children Worldwide
  Human Rights Watch, September 2001. Also available in Spanish and French. Includes sections on violence in schools, sexual violence, orphans, and armed conflict.
• Profiting from Abuse: An Investigation into the Sexual Exploitation of Our Children UNICEF, November 2001
• A Safe World for Children - Ending Abuse, Violence and Exploitation, World Vision International - International Liaison Office, 2001
• Early Marriage, Unicef- Innocenti Digest, 7, 2001
• Domestic Violence against Women and Girls, Unicef - Innocenti Digest, 6, 2000

• Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative
• Child Rights Information Network
• Child Trafficking Digital Library
• Eldis Migration Guide topic: Trafficking in women
• End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT International)
• Gender Violence in Schools, ID21 education, Communicating development research
• Legislation of Interpol Member States on Sexual Offences Against Children
• List of Research, Data & Information Related to Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention
• The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
• The International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
• Unicef - Child Protection
• UN Study on Violence Against Children
• UN Study on Violence, Civil Society Gateway, Child Rights Information Network
• Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF) International Clearinghouse for Prevention of Child Abuse and Violence Against Children