@article{ref1,
title="Compassion and scepticism in child sexual abuse; some historical aspects and explanations",
journal="International review of victimology",
year="1998",
author="Baartman, Herman E. M.",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="189-202",
abstract="The sexual abuse of children is the subject of heated social debate. The general outrage with which this theme was placed on the public agenda in the 1970s has, to a considerable extent, made room for doubts about the reliability of children as witnesses and of professionals as their informants. History shows a parallel to this pendular movement in late nineteenth-century France; initial anxiety concerning the magnitude and seriousness of the sexual abuse of children, first expressed by Tardieu in the mid-19th century, turned later into scepticism. This article describes some of the aspects that play a role in the difficulty which society has in taking child sexual abuse seriously: the isolation of sexuality, ambivalences in the societal image of children, the status of parents and that of professionals.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-7580",
doi="10.1177/026975809800500204",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026975809800500204"
}