Is there empirical evidence to support the effectiveness of child sexual abuse prevention programs?

Current Controversies on Family Violence

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 271-284

  Reppucci, N Dickon ^a   Haugaard, Jeffrey J ^b   Antonishak, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781483328584.n17     Document Type: Chapter

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