## Abstract Published studies of forensic child sexual abuse (CSA) evaluations by mental health and medical professionals and paraprofessionals (MHPs) were analysed in order to evaluate two widely held assumptions. These related assumptions are (1) evidence that corroborates children's reports of s
Validation of child sexual abuse: The psychologist's role
โ Scribed by Leslie I. Risin; J. Regis McNamara
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 842 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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