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Child Abuse
Medical, Legal, and Social Science Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation: A Comprehensive Review of Pornography, Prostitution, and Internet Crimes, vols 1 & 2
edited by Sharon W. Cooper, Richard J. Estes, Angelo P. Giardino, Nancy D. Kellogg, and Victor I. Vieth, 1090 pp, with illus, $249.95, ISBN 1-878060-37-6, St Louis, Mo, GW Medical Publishing, 2005.
JAMA. 2006;295:566.
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Medical, Legal, and Social Science Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation is a daunting two-volume set. Its five editors include a professor of social science (Estes), an attorney (Vieth) and three physicians. The 52 nationally and internationally known contributors represent government, law enforcement, psychiatry, social service, research, the judiciary, psychology, forensic nursing, public education, postal inspection, service units (Child Assessment Centers), sex offender assessment, and survivors.
Contributors of forewords (there are several) emphasize the practicality, expertise, focus on child exploitation, breadth, and international scope of the volumes and note the value of the case studies and descriptions of effective strategies. The authors of chapter 34 note that child sexual exploitation (CSE) is thought to be the most underreported form of child sexual abuse in general.
The first volume is descriptive, the second devoted to investigation, prosecution, prevention, and rehabilitation. Chapter subjects include the history of CSE, commercial CSE, global CSE, rape . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Charles F. Johnson, MD, Reviewer
Ohio State University
Center for Child and Family Advocacy
Children's Hospital
Columbus
johnsonc@pediatrics.ohio-state.edu
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