Sandfort, T. G. M.

The argument for adult-child sexual contact: A critical appraisal and new data

in: W. O'Donohue, J.H. Geer (eds.), The sexual abuse of children, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ, US.p. 38-48 (1992)

(European Congress of Psychology, 1st, Jul, 1989)

from the chapter

(criticizes studies that assume) that sexual contacts between adults and children are always a form of sexual abuse; it will be documented how this assumption influences the way in which investigations are carried out; data will be presented from research in which sexual contacts between adults and children have not been a priori considered to be abuse.