Base rates, multiple indicators, and comprehensive forensic evaluations: why sexualized behavior still counts in assessments of child sexual abuse allegations |
| |
Authors: | Everson Mark D Faller Kathleen Coulborn |
| |
Affiliation: | Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 104-A Market Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA. mark_everson@med.unc.edu |
| |
Abstract: | Developmentally inappropriate sexual behavior has long been viewed as a possible indicator of child sexual abuse. In recent years, however, the utility of sexualized behavior in forensic assessments of alleged child sexual abuse has been seriously challenged. This article addresses a number of the concerns that have been raised about the diagnostic value of sexualized behavior, including the claim that when population base rates for abuse are properly taken into account, the diagnostic value of sexualized behavior is insignificant. This article also identifies a best practice comprehensive evaluation model with a methodology that is effective in mitigating such concerns. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|