Child sexual abuse Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Other children=== {{Main|Child-on-child sexual abuse}} When a prepubescent child is sexually abused by one or more other children or adolescent youths, and no adult is directly involved, it is defined as [[child-on-child sexual abuse]]. The definition includes any sexual activity between children that occurs without [[consent]], without equality, or due to [[coercion]],<ref name="shaw">{{Cite journal|vauthors=Shaw JA, Lewis JE, Loeb A, Rosado J, Rodriguez RA |title=Child on child sexual abuse: psychological perspectives |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_child-abuse-neglect_2000-12_24_12/page/1591 |journal=Child Abuse & Neglect |volume=24 |issue=12 |pages=1591β600 |date=December 2000 |pmid=11197037 |doi=10.1016/S0145-2134(00)00212-X}}</ref> whether the offender uses physical force, threats, trickery or [[psychological manipulation|emotional manipulation]] to compel cooperation. When sexual abuse is perpetrated by one sibling upon another, it is known as "[[intersibling abuse]]", a form of [[incest]].<ref name="Caffaroa">{{Cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.avb.2004.12.001 |title=Treating sibling abuse families |year=2005 |last1=Caffaro |first1=J |last2=Conn-Caffaro |first2=A |journal=Aggression and Violent Behavior |volume=10 |pages=604β623|issue=5}}</ref> Unlike research on adult offenders, a strong causal relationship has been established between child and adolescent offenders and these offenders' own prior victimization, by either adults or other children.<ref name=gray2>{{Cite journal|vauthors=Gray A, Pithers WD, Busconi A, Houchens P |title=Developmental and etiological characteristics of children with sexual behavior problems: treatment implications |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_child-abuse-neglect_1999-06_23_6/page/601 |journal=Child Abuse & Neglect |volume=23 |issue=6 |pages=601β21 |date=June 1999 |pmid=10391518 |doi=10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00027-7}}</ref><ref name="gray">{{Cite journal|doi=10.1007/BF02674853 |title=Children with sexual behavior problems and their caregivers: Demographics, functioning, and clinical patterns |year=1997 |last1=Gray |first1=Alison |last2=Busconi |first2=Aida |last3=Houchens |first3=Paul |last4=Pithers |first4=William D. |journal=Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment |volume=9 |pages=267β290|issue=4|s2cid=195274544 }}</ref><ref name=Bromberg>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1002/pits.1023 |title=Sexual interest in children, child sexual abuse, and psychological sequelae for children |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_psychology-in-the-schools_2001-07_38_4/page/343 |year=2001 |last1=Bromberg |first1=Daniel S. |last2=Johnson |first2=Blair T. |journal=Psychology in the Schools |volume=38 |pages=343β355|issue=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1023/A:1022194021593 |year=1998|last1=Wieckowski|first1=Edward|last2=Hartsoe|first2=Peggy|last3=Mayer|first3=Arthur|last4=Shortz|first4=Joianne|journal=Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment|volume=10 |pages=293β303|issue=4|title=Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment|s2cid=195292356}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page