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Citation

Böhm B, Zollner H, Fegert JM, Liebhardt H. J. Child Sex. Abus. 2014; 23(6): 635-656.

Affiliation

University Hospital of Ulm , Ulm , Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10538712.2014.929607

PMID

24911986

Abstract

Child sexual abuse (CSA) in the Catholic Church has been increasingly recognized as a problem not limited to individual institutions. Recent inquiry commission reports provide substantial information on offense dynamics, but their conclusions have not been synthesized with empirical research to date. The aim of this systematic literature review was to bring together key findings and identify gaps in the evidence base. The three main focus points were: (a) types of publications and methodology used, (b) frequency information on CSA in the Catholic Church, (c) individual factors in offending, and (d) institutional factors. It was found that reports, legal assessments, and research on CSA within the Catholic Church provide extensive descriptive and qualitative information for five different countries. This includes individual psychological factors (static risk predictors, multiple trajectories) and institutional factors (opportunity, social dynamics), as well as prevalence rates illustrating a high "dark figure" of CSA.


Language: en

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