Suspected victims of abuse who do not make allegations: An analysis of their interactions with forensic interviewers

Child Sexual Abuse: Disclosure, Delay, and Denial

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 97-114

  Hershhowitz, Irit ^a   Orbach, Yael ^b   Sternberg, Kathleen J ^b   Pipe, Margaret Ellen ^b   Lamb, Michael E ^c   Horowitz, Dvora ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936832     Document Type: Chapter

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