Child Sexual Abuse
I.    Methodological Issues
        A.    Definition
        B.    Research Methods & Limits of Statistics

II.    Profile of Child Sexual Abuse
        A.    Characteristics of Offenders
        B.    Characteristics of Victims
        C.    Dynamics of Child Sexual Abuse
        D.    Short Term and Long Term Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse

III.    Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse
        A.    Therapeutic Approaches
        B.    Criminal Justice Approaches

IV.    Children as Witnesses in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
        A.    Are Children Competent to Bear Witness? (VA Code 8.01-396.1)
        B.    Suggestibility of Children
        C.    Communicating Testimony
        D.    Lying
        E.    Consistency of Testimony
        D.    Does Allowing/Forcing Children to Testify Create Secondary Victimization?
        F.    Addressing Needs of Child Witnesses

V.    Repressed or Recovered Memories?



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