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Arguably the process whereby children come to disclose that they are being or have been sexually abused is the first step in professionals responding to sexual abuse. There is agreement that disclosure is a process rather than an event and that most children do not disclose until adulthood. Disclosure leads to forensic and clinical interest in false reports, suggestibility, and criteria which help adults confirm a child’s disclosure of abuse.
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Conte, J.R., Simon, J. (2022). Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure and Forensic Practice. In: Geffner, R., White, J.W., Hamberger, L.K., Rosenbaum, A., Vaughan-Eden, V., Vieth, V.I. (eds) Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89999-2_333
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