@article{ref1,
title="Child sexual abuse in the context of the Roman Catholic Church: a review of literature from 1981-2013",
journal="Journal of child sexual abuse",
year="2014",
author="Böhm, Bettina and Zollner, Hans and Fegert, Jörg Michael and Liebhardt, Hubert",
volume="23",
number="6",
pages="635-656",
abstract="Child sexual abuse (CSA) in the Catholic Church has been increasingly recognized as a problem not limited to individual institutions. Recent inquiry commission reports provide substantial information on offense dynamics, but their conclusions have not been synthesized with empirical research to date. The aim of this systematic literature review was to bring together key findings and identify gaps in the evidence base. The three main focus points were: (a) types of publications and methodology used, (b) frequency information on CSA in the Catholic Church, (c) individual factors in offending, and (d) institutional factors. It was found that reports, legal assessments, and research on CSA within the Catholic Church provide extensive descriptive and qualitative information for five different countries. This includes individual psychological factors (static risk predictors, multiple trajectories) and institutional factors (opportunity, social dynamics), as well as prevalence rates illustrating a high &quot;dark figure&quot; of CSA.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1053-8712",
doi="10.1080/10538712.2014.929607",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2014.929607"
}