Resilience and the Intergenerational Transmission of Child Sexual Abuse

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Why some people maltreated in childhood become perpetrators of child sexual abuse and others from similar backgrounds do not is a question with important theoretical and practical implications. This chapter is a report of research in progress. The research involves comparing developmental patterns of men known to have abused children sexually with others from similar backgrounds who are not known to have committed such acts. Such comparisons can help us to understand which factors might be specific to child molesters and which are not. Understanding such factors can contribute to prevention of abuse. For this research, child sexual abuse is defined in detail as follows: Child ...

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