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The Prosecution of Child Sexual Abuse Cases Legal Issues Related to Child Advocacy
Author(s) -
YORKER BEATRICE CROFTS
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1988.tb00230.x
Subject(s) - child sexual abuse , sexual abuse , psychiatry , child abuse , psychology , mental health , criminology , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine , medical emergency
Sexual abuse of children has recently been recognized as a social and legal problem, although the phenomenon has probably been present throughout the history of humankind. Child and adolescent psychiatric and mental health nurses must be aware of the legal implications of assessing, diagnosing or treating child victims of sexual abuse. The focus of this paper is on the legal implications of protecting children from sexual abuse, procedures for prosecuting perpetrators of child sexual abuse, and the constitutional implications of reform.