The Sexual Abuse of Children by Strangers: Its Extent, Nature and Victims’ Characteristics

Bernard Gallagher; Michael Bradford; Ken Pease

doi:10.1002/chi.724

The Sexual Abuse of Children by Strangers: Its Extent, Nature and Victims’ Characteristics

Bernard Gallagher, Michael Bradford, Ken Pease

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This paper reports a school-based questionnaire survey conducted among 2420 children aged nine to 16 years. It examines the extent of stranger abuse, its nature and the characteristics of victims. The research contains complex messages in terms of the ‘seriousness’ of stranger abuse and identifies a number of challenges to understanding this phenomenon. It highlights the need for much more sophistication in debates over, and policy and practice responses to, stranger abuse.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	346-359
Number of pages	14
Journal	Children and Society
Volume	16
Issue number	5
Early online date	20 Aug 2002
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/chi.724
Publication status	Published - Nov 2002

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