Trends in Children's Disclosure of Abuse in Israel: A National Study

Autor/inn/en	Hershkowitz, Irit; Horowitz, Dvora; Lamb, Michael E.
Titel	Trends in Children's Disclosure of Abuse in Israel: A National Study
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 29 (2005) 11, S.1203-1214 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.04.008
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Investigations; Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse; Interviews; Victims of Crime; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Children; Age Differences; Parent Child Relationship; Israel; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Untersuchung; Sexueller Missbrauch; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; USA
Abstract	Objective: To identify characteristics of suspected child abuse victims that are associated with disclosure and nondisclosure during formal investigations. Methodology: The database included all suspected cases of physical and sexual abuse investigated in the state of Israel between 1998 and 2002. All investigative interviews were conducted using a single standardized protocol, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Investigative Interview Protocol. Findings: Overall, 65% of the 26,446 children made allegations when interviewed, but rates of disclosure were greater in the case of sexual (71%) than physical (61%) abuse. Children of all ages were less likely to disclose/allege abuse when a parent was the suspected perpetrator. Rates of disclosure/allegation increased as children grew older, with 50% of the 3- to 6-year-olds, 67% of the 7- to 10-year-olds, and 74% of the 11- to 14-year-olds disclosing abuse when questioned. Conclusions: Although most interviews of suspected victims yielded allegations, such rates of disclosure varied systematically depending on the nature of the alleged offences, the relationship between alleged victims and suspected perpetrators, and the age of the suspected victims. The findings obtained in this large and unselected data set confirm patterns previously reported in smaller and quite selective samples, most of them obtained in the United States. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10