TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - The sexual abuse of children by strangers: its extent, nature and victims' characteristics
JO  - Children and society
A1  - Gallagher, B.
A1  - Bradford, Michael
A1  - Pease, K.
SP  - 346
EP  - 359
VL  - 16
IS  - 5
N2  - This paper reports a school-based questionnaire survey conducted among 2420 children aged nine to 16 years. It examines the extent of stranger abuse, its nature and the characteristics of victims. The research contains complex messages in terms of the 'seriousness' of stranger abuse and identifies a number of challenges to understanding this phenomenon. It highlights the need for much more sophistication in debates over, and policy and practice responses to, stranger abuse.<p />
LA  - 
SN  - 0951-0605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chi.724
ID  - ref1
ER  -