Rape and Sexual Abuse
"The test of the morality of a society is what
it does for its children" - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Websites
Publications
2004 National Crime Victimization Survey
(Bureau of Justice Statistics)
http://www.rainn.org/docs/statistics/ncvs2004.pdf
ABUSE TRACKER
National Catholic Reporter: The Independent Newsweekly
"A digest of links to media coverage of clergy abuse."
http://ncrnews.org/abuse/
Adolessons, Lucie Walter's
syndicated teen column: Abuse resources
http://www.lucie.com/default.asp?archive=5
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC)
http://www.apsac.org
Best Interests: A
website for children's advocates
http://www.childadvocacy.com
Child Abuse (Child
Support Network)
Links to websites about child abuse
http://www.childsupport.com/links/childabuse.asp
Childhood Victimization: Early Adversity, Later
Psychopathology by Cathy Spatz Widon
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/jr000242b.pdf
Child Lures Prevention
"Here on CHILDLURES.ORG, you'll find the most effective personal safety
resources available..."
NAFF applauds this organization's work in helping to protect children from
predators outside the home. However, we caution readers to be aware that
most children are sexually assaulted by people who are regularly in their lives
- including family members.
http://www.childlures.com/index.asp
Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC)
"The mission...is to combat crimes against children by providing high
quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement
personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. CCRC is concerned with
research about the nature of crimes including child abduction, homicide, rape,
assault, and physical and sexual abuse as well as their impact."
http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/
Facts About Homosexuality and Child Molestation
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_molestation.html
Family Violence & Sexual
Assault Institute/Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma
http://www.fvsai.org/
Dr. Richard Gardner: Parental Alienation Syndrome
Quotes from Dr. Gardner's statements and self-published literature; other
professionals' opinions about PAS.
http://cincinnatipas.com/richardgardner-pas.html
Jim Hopper, Ph.D.
Hopper is a Research Associate at the Boston
University School of Medicine, The Trauma Center at HRI Hospital. Website
provides resources about child abuse, recovered memories, and sexual abuse of males.
http://www.jimhopper.com/
If you want to fight
against the abuse of children …Watch Your Language by Andrew Vachss
Parade, June 5, 2005
"Pedophiles are very familiar with the power of language. They would have
us believe that child pornography is a free-speech issue. They know that if they
succeed in placing 'child prostitution' anywhere on the continuum of voluntary
sexual activity, they will have established a beach-head from which to launch
future assaults."
http://www.vachss.com/av_dispatches/parade_060505.html
Justice for Children
http://www.jfcadvocacy.org
A meta-analysis of the published research on the effects of child sexual
abuse
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=
11235837&dopt=Abstract
Mothers Against Sexual Abuse (MASA)
Provides educational programs for teachers, child caregivers and
professionals; resource referral network of professionals; educational materials
for non-offending parents and child victims' families; educational conferences;
assistance for related organizations; and initiation and support of legislation
that protects children.
http://www.againstsexualabuse.org
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
http://www.missingkids.com
National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence
http://nccafv.org
Parental Alienation Syndrome: What
Professionals Need to Know by Erika Rivera Ragland and Hope
Fields
http://www.ndaa.org/publications/newsletters/update_volume_16_number_6_2003.html
http://www.ndaa.org/publications/newsletters/update_volume_16_number_7_2003.html
PROTECT
National Association to PROTECT Children
http://www.protect.org/
Safer Society Foundation, Inc.
Non-profit national research, advocacy, and referral center on the prevention
and treatment of sexual abuse. Extensive catalog of books and videos
available. Provides quality information about working with both victims
and the perpetrators.
http://www.safersociety.org/
Anna Salter, Ph.D.
"Training, Consulting and
Publications on Sexual Abuse, Sex Offenders and Victimization"
http://www.annasalter.com/
Searching for Angela Shelton
"(CBS) As a Hollywood screenwriter, model and actress, Angela Shelton
lives much of her life on film. But for years, this cover girl has covered a
dark secret – an unexposed snapshot of her past. 'It was a door that you
shut. And just zip it and don’t talk about it again,' says Angela, who
always knew that she would have to face her painful past one day. She just
didn’t know how. Then in 2001, she had an idea. In a quest to find herself, as
Correspondent Bill Lagattuta reported last spring, she would make a very unusual
documentary."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/09/48hours/main604910.shtml
Sex Abuse Treatment Alliance (SATA)
"We are professionals, therapists, victims, those who have offended,
families of those affected, and other community representatives dedicated to
reducing and preventing sexual abuse."
http://www.satasort.org/
Sex Abuse Victims Suffer in Silence. For Years. by Desonta Holder, Miami
Herald, 6/21/05
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/printer_062205WA.shtml
Statistics on Childhood Sexual Abuse and Related Issues
The Awareness Center
http://www.theawarenesscenter.org/statistics.html
Statute of Limitations Targeted in
Abuse Cases by Jonathan Finer
Washington Post, 2/17/05. "The day after the sentencing of one of the most
notorious figures in this region's three-year-old clergy abuse crisis, lawmakers
and victims advocates said Wednesday they are building momentum to repeal
statutes of limitations that have prevented other abusers from facing lawsuits
and prosecution."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A30681-2005Feb16?language=printer
STOP IT NOW!
"Helps potential abusers seek help; challenges abusers to seek help through a
confidential helpline; works with families, peers and friends on how to confront
abusers; helps build a social climate that does not tolerate child abuse."
http://www.stopitnow.com
Stop the Silence: Stop Child Sexual Abuse
"We are a group of individuals, companies, and community-based
organizations in various states are raising awareness and funds to support
programming with the Race to Stop the
Silence."
http://www.stopcsa.com
Andrew Vachss' Help Resources
"Here you will find a searchable database of agencies, and organizations
which purport to serve the issues that concern us;
child abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence, animal welfare, mental health,
health care, juvenile justice, human trafficking and many more
, as well as other research and assistance materials."
http://www.vachss.com/help_text/index.html
VAWOR (Violence Against Women Online Resources)
"This site provides law, criminal justice, advocacy, and social service
professionals with up-to-date information on interventions to stop violence
against women."
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/index.asp
Warning Signs About Child Sexual Abuse
Excellent resource.
http://www.stopitnow.com/warnings.html
Women Against Sexual Harassment (WASH)
"Dedicated to changing the way both men and women think about
harassment."
http://washrag.org/
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Because I Love You:
The Silent Shadow of Child Sexual Abuse by Joyce Allan
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Press, 2002. Paperback.
http://www.timetospeak.com/buy.html
Betrayed as Boys: Psychodynamic Treatment of Sexually Abused
Men by Richard B. Gartner.
Guilford Press, 1999. Hardcover. ISBN 1572304677.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1572304677/002-3979644-
2298422?v=glance
The Brother-Sister Hurt: Recognizing the Effects of Sibling
Abuse by Vernon Wiehe, Ph.D.
The Safer Society Press. Paperback. ISBN
1-884444-21-0.
http://www.safersociety.org/allbks/wp039.html
By Silence Betrayed: Sexual Abuse of Children in
America by John Crewdson.
Harper &
Row, 1989. Paperback. ISBN 0-06-079203-3.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0060972033/instituteforpsyc/
002-3979644-2298422
Childhood: It Should Not Hurt! by Claire R.
Reeves
Self-published, 2003. Paperback. Ms. Reeves is President and
Founder of Mothers Against Sexual Abuse (MASA).
http://www.childhooditshouldnothurt.com.
Child Protection eNewsletter
Survivors and Victims Empowered (SAVE).
http://www.s-a-v-e.org
From Child Sexual Abuse to Adult Sexual Risk: Trauma, Revictimization and
Intervention, Edited by Linda J. Koenig, Ph.D., Lynda S. Doll, Ph.D., Ann
O'Leary, Ph.D., and Willo Pequegnat, Ph.D.
American Psychological Association, 2004. Hardcover. ISBN
1-59147-030-7.
http://www.apa.org/books/4317016.html
Gay Men and Childhood
Sexual Trauma: Integrating the Shattered Self by James Cassese, MSW, CSW
Haworth Press, 2000. Paperback. ISBN 1560231386.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1560231386/qid=1104610341/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/
102-5339572-1410510?v=glance&s=books
The Last Secret: Daughters Sexually Abused by Mothers by
Bobbie Rosencrans, MSW.
Safer Society Press, 1997. Paperback. ISBN 1-884444-36-9.
http://www.safersociety.org/allbks/wp046.html
No Secrets No Lies: How Black
Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse by Robin D. Stone
Broadway Books, 2004. Hardcover. ISBN 0-7679-1344-2. "A powerful and
daringly honest resource guide for families seeking to understand, prevent, and
overcome childhood sexual abuse and its devastating impact on adult
survivors."
http://www.robinstone.com/home.asp
Orphans in the Storm: Male Survivors of Sexual & Ritual Abuse by Dr.
Gregory Reid.
Self-published. "...speaks deeply to the heart of victims, their families and
friends, and is a must for professionals who need to understand how perpetrators
work and the damage they do." Available for suggested $10
donation. "All proceeds go to YouthFire, a nonprofit help group for kids."
Send order to YouthFire, Box 370006, El Paso TX 79937.
http://www.gregoryreid.com/id51.htm.
http://www.gregoryreid.com/id54_m.htm.
Post-Incest Syndrome in Women: The Incest Survivor's
Aftereffects Checklist by E. Sue Blume, CSW, DCSW.
2 pp. To order a
reprint, send SASE to the author at PO Box 7167, Garden City NY
11530.
Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders --
Who they are, how they operate, and how we can protect ourselves and our
children by Anna C. Salter, Ph.D.
BasicBooks, 2003. Hardcover. ISBN
0-465-07172-4. Kathleen Sullivan's review: "I highly recommend Predators
to any person who is responsible for the care of children - in any form or
fashion. This includes agency workers and law enforcement personnel. Because
Salter has interacted with pedophiles and other sexual offenders for decades,
she is remarkably accurate, honest and straight-forward about their mindsets and
strategies. Predators will help readers to discard endangering myths about
pedophiles. It will help readers to accept essential realities that will make them
more competent in safeguarding children."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0465071724/002-3979644-2298422
?v=glance
Safer Society Press catalog.
Excellent selection of books, audio and video about sexual offender and
victim issues.
http://www.safersociety.org/alltitle.html
The Science of Child
Sexual Abuse by Jennifer J. Freyd, Frank W. Putnam, Thomas D. Lyon, Kathryn
A. Becker-Blease, Ross E. Cheit, Nancy B. Siegel, and Kathy Pezdek
Science Magazine, 4/4/05.
http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/articles/science05.htm
Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and its
Aftereffects in Women
by E. Sue Blume, CSW, DCSW.
Ballantine Books, 1991. Paperback. ISBN 0345369793.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345369793/ref=ase_
safepaustitexas/002-3979644-2298422?v=glance&s=books
Sexual Abuse of Boys
and Adolescent Males by Dr. Gregory Reid.
Set of 4 cassette tapes. Send suggested donation of $25 to YouthFire, Box
370006, El Paso TX 79937.
http://www.gregoryreid.com/id21.htm
Shine the Light - Sexual Abuse and Healing in the Jewish
Community by Rachel Lev
Northeastern University Press, 2002. Hardcover. ISBN
1555535348.
http://www.shine-the-light.com
Transforming Trauma : A Guide to
Understanding and Treating Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Anna C.
Salter, Ph.D.
SAGE Publications, 1995. Paperback. ISBN 080395509X
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/080395509X/ref=pd_
sim_books_1/002-3979644-2298422?v=glance&s=books
Treating Child Sex Offenders and
Victims : A Practical Guide by
Anna C. Salter, Ph.D.
SAGE Publications, 1988. Paperback. ISBN 0803931824
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0803931824/ref=pd_
sim_books_4/002-3979644-2298422?v=glance&s=books
Unshackled: A Survivor's Story of Mind Control by Kathleen Sullivan
Dandelion Books, 2003. Paperback. ISBN 1-893302-35-0. "A non-fictional account of
Kathleen Sullivan's experiences as part of a criminal network that includes
Intelligence personnel, military personnel, doctors and mental health
professionals contracted by the military and the CIA, criminal cult leaders and
members, pedophiles, pornographers, drug dealers and Nazis."
http://www.booksurge.com/author.php3?accountID=DAND00035&affiliateID=A000246
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