''Sexual Abuse'' is a

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that publishes articles about the clinical and theoretical aspects of

sexual abuse Sexual abuse or sex abuse, also referred to as molestation, is abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another. It is often perpetrated using force or by taking advantage of another. Molestation often refers to an instance of sexual assa ...

, including its etiology, consequences, prevention, treatment, and management strategies. It is the official journal of the

Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse The Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA) is an international, multi-disciplinary, non-profit organization with a stated goal of making society safer by preventing sexual abuse. ATSA promotes sound research, evidence- ...

. The

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Michael Seto Michael Chikong Seto (; born 1967) is a Canadian forensic psychologist, sexologist, and author. He is director of Forensic Rehabilitation Research at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, where his research focuses on pedophilia, sexual offenses com ...

Ronald Langevin Ronald Lindsay André "Ron" Langevin (born September 28, 1940) is a Canadian forensic psychologist at the University of Toronto. He is the founding editor of ''Annals of Sex Research'', now titled '' Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatm ...

established the journal under the title ''Annals of Sex Research'' in 1988. It adopted the name ''Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment'' in 1995 and then its current name in 2015.

Abstracting and indexing

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/Social & Behavioral Sciences,

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, and the

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. According to the ''

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'', its 2017

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is 3.444, ranking it 19th out of 127 journals in the category "Psychology, Clinical" and 5th out of 61 in the category "Criminology & Penology".

Editors

The journal has had the following editors-in-chief, with a one-year hiatus in 1994: *

Ron Langevin Ronald Lindsay André "Ron" Langevin (born September 28, 1940) is a Canadians, Canadian forensic psychologist at the University of Toronto. He is the founding editor of ''Annals of Sex Research'', now titled ''Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and ...

(1988–1993) * Barry Maletzky (1995–1999) * Judith Becker (2000–2003) * Howard Barbaree (2004–2009) *

James Cantor James M. Cantor is an American-Canadian clinical psychologist and sexologist specializing in hypersexuality and paraphilias. A former senior scientist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto,Michael Seto Michael Chikong Seto (; born 1967) is a Canadian forensic psychologist, sexologist, and author. He is director of Forensic Rehabilitation Research at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, where his research focuses on pedophilia, sexual offenses com ...

(2015–)

References

External links

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