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31 - Ending Child Sexual Abuse

A Look at Prevention Efforts in the United States

from North, Central, & South America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

By
Elizabeth J. Letourneau  and
Ryan T. Shields
Edited by
Moshe Israelashvili  and
John L. Romano
Moshe Israelashvili
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
John L. Romano
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science , pp. 728 - 752
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