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From the Literature: Dating Violence; Rape Myths and Law Enforcement; Covid-19 and Sexual Abuse; Commercially Exploited Adolescents

Author: Stacy Calhoun.

Source: Volume 23, Number 01, December/January 2022 , pp.5-8(4)

Abstract:

Our regular survey of the research literature summarizes and reviews “Project STRONG: An Online, Parent-Son Intervention for the Prevention of Dating Violence Among Early Adolescent Boys” by Christie Rizzo, Christopher Houck, David Barker, Charlene Collibee, Erik Hood, and Kelsey Bala, published in 22(2) Prevention Science 193-204 (2021); “The Effect of Rape Myth Endorsement on Police Response to Sexual Assault Survivors” by Alondra Garza and Cortney Franklin, published in 27(3-4) Violence Against Women 552-73 (2020); “How Does COVID-19 Impact Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse? Comparison Analysis of Reports by Practitioners in Israel and the US” by Dafna Tener, Amitai Marmor, Carmit Katz, Abbie Newman, Jane Silovsky, Jennifer Shields, and Erin Taylor, published in 116 (2) Child Abuse & Neglect 1-12; and “Identifying Novel Forms of Reluctance in Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents” by Hayden Henderson, Scarlet Cho, Agnieszka Nogalska, and Thomas Lyon, published in 115(1) Child Abuse & Neglect 1-9 (2021).

Keywords: Dating Violence Among Adolescent Boys; Rape Myth Denial Among Police; Covid-19 and Intra-family Sexual Abuse; Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents

Affiliations: 1: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.