Child Abuse: By Rohini Nagu and Vardini Kothari Approximately one in six boys is sexually abused before age 16. (Conservative estimate of incidents involving physical contact in U.S. and Canada.) Methodological Issues: Research on the Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse Please read this section before reading about or reading studies of child abuse prevalence. It will take some time, but reading this will help you to understand this research, and to think more critically about …showed first 75 words of 2322 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2322 total…based on reviews of records, are likely to be vast underestimates. For example, Briere and Zaidi (1989) reviewed intake reports on women presenting to an urban psychiatric emergency room. They randomly reviewed 50 charts before and 50 after the intake staff were instructed to question clients about previous sexual victimization. The first 50 charts had recorded rates of 6%, and the second set, 70%. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** the intake staff were instructed to question clients about previous sexual victimization. The first 50 charts