Citation

Faller KC. Child Welf. 1988; 67(5): 389-401.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Child Welfare League of America)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3168606

Abstract

One hundred and three cases of child sexual maltreatment, where offenders confessed to some level of their abuse, were examined to determine the extent to which the children's statements about their victimization contained three widely accepted clinical criteria of a true sexual abuse allegation. The results support clinical assumptions that the criteria in question were valid ones for determining the truth of a sexual abuse allegation in cases involving confessions of abusers.

Language: en