Reluctant disclosers of child sexual abuse

Child Sexual Abuse: Disclosure, Delay, and Denial

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 115-134

  Orbach, Yael ^a   Shiloach, Hana ^a   Lamb, Michael E ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936832     Document Type: Chapter

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