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Child sexual abuse: Understanding and responding

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. What is child sexual abuse?
  3. Towards an estimate of child sexual abuse
  4. Indicators of child sexual abuse
  5. Physical indicators
  6. Behavioural indicators
  7. Facts and myths about child sexual abuse
  8. Effects of child sexual abuse
  9. Principles for intervention
  10. Helping children who have experienced sexual abuse
  11. Reporting child sexual abuse
  12. Role of the Department of Human Services
  13. Role of the Police
  14. How to report child sexual abuse
  15. Follow-up
  16. References
  17. Acknowledgments

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The South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault acknowledges the traditional Aboriginal owners of country throughout Victoria. We pay our respects to them, their culture and their Elders past, present and future.