Child Sexual Abuse

Michael E. Lamb PhD is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Cambridge and has written or edited approximately 50 books, including the first edition of this book.Irit Hershkowitz is Professor Emerita of Social Work at the University of Haifa and has led research on interviewing reluctant children for over a decade.Margaret‑Ellen Pipe is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the City University of New York and was the principal editor of the first edition of this book.

Reviews from the 1st Edition"The editors are world renowned for their research and writings on child forensic interviews. They have assembled a group of international experts on disclosure... Readers will learn about the latest research advances as well as how to tackle relevant legal, policy, and professional dilemmas. Anyone who cares about child protection ... will find this volume invaluable...this book helps us learn how and when to listen to children."Gail S. Goodman, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California-Davis and Tina Goodman Brown, in private practice, from the Foreword to the 1st edition."Law and Psychology have not been able to fully coalesce and work together in the interests of the children rather than in the interests of the respective discourse. This book provides the empirical evidence to overcome any remaining inertia and shows that where there is a genuine will there are ways to successfully challenge such divisions."Kim Stevenson, Plymouth University, UK"This book should be at hand for all practitioners in the field of child welfare who need to understand this crime. It is an invaluable resource."Peter Reeften, Addiction Today"In summary, Child Sexual Abuse: Disclosure, Delay, and Denial offers one of the most comprehensive reviews of literature in this area and presents important new research findings [...] This book is a must read for anyone directly involved with victims of child sexual abuse and can be very effective in disseminating important information about child interviewing to mental health practitioners."April R. Bradley & Holly M. Rusinko, PsycCRITIQUES

• 1. Child sexual abuse: Who, when, and what to tell? 2. Understanding child sexual abuse: Disclosures, delays, and denials 3. Challenges to identification and interviewing of suspected youth victims of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking 4. Truths and lies: Making sense of denials and recantations in sexual abuse cases 5. Historical cases: Consequence of delayed disclosure on criminal prosecutions 6. When allegations of child sexual abuse are false 7. Disclosures and forensic interviews in the context of online child sexual abuse 8. Disclosures and denials by young people suspected of sexual offences 9. Strategies to overcome the reluctance to disclose abuse: The Revised NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol 10. Risks and benefits of therapeutic interventions for non-disclosing suspected victims of abuse