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The criminal justice system and the sexually abused child. Help or hindrance?
Author(s) -
Winterton Peter M
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1995.tb140031.x
Subject(s) - child sexual abuse , criminology , criminal justice , economic justice , sexual abuse , citation , sociology , poison control , law , suicide prevention , medicine , political science , medical emergency
To assess the progress of 59 sexually abused children in the criminal justice system to see whether they testified, whether there were any effects on their self-esteem or behaviour, whether it resulted in depression and what their parents' perceptions of the process were.