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Retrieved 2/7/24 The Abel and Harlow Child Molestation Prevention Study, 2001.

 

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Adelson, E. (2011, Nov. 29). Why sports and sex abuse too often mix. Retrieved 2/7/24 from https://www.thepostgame.com/features/201111/how-widespread-sex-abuse-sports.

 

AP: Sexual misconduct plagues U.S. Schools, Martha Irvine and Robert Tanner, October 21, 2007.

 

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Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute, Feb. 2009, preliminary data on reporting of child sexual abuse. Atlanta, GA.

 

ChoicePoint, The Importance of Background Screening for Nonprofits: An Updated Briefing, April, 2008.

 

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Cotton, H.F. (2009). A + a = F: Academics Plus Athletics Equals Failure. USA: Xlibris Corporation.

 

Denov, M.S. (2003). The myth of innocence: sexual scripts and the recognition of child sexual abuse by female perpetrators. The Journal of Sexual Research, 40(3),303-314.

 

Finkelhor, D., Ormrod, R.K., & Turner, H.A. (2009). Lifetime assessment of poly-victimization in a national sample of children & youth. Child Abuse & Neglect, 33: 403-411.

 

Insurance Journal Report: Protestant Church Insurers Handle 260 Sex Abuse Cases a Year.

 

Myers, J.E.B., Berliner, L., Hendrix, C.T., Jenny, C. Reid, T.A., editors. (2011) The APSAC handbook of child maltreatment. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage Publications.

 

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