sexually abused children

Discusses the definition of incest, what to do as a victim or someone who knows a victim, and how to get help.

In the summer of June 1991 Jaycee Dugard was a normal kid. That all changed in an instant when she was kidnapped. For eighteen years Jaycee Dugard lived in her kidnapper's backyard in shacks and tents, raised her two daughters, and tried to survive. On August 26, 2009 she took her own name back when she was rescued, a name she was not allowed to speak during her captivity.

Assistant district attorney Nina Frost has always prided herself on the fact that she protects the city's children from abuse and crime, but when her own son is sexually abused, she finds herself overcome with rage and sets out to find his attacker and exact justice for her son.

Through her personal diary, Erin Merryn shares her story of the sexual abuse she survived in her childhood. Her memoir tells the story of the trespasses of her cousin which started when she was eleven years old, the torment of social situations with her abuser, and her struggles with self-doubt, panic attacks, nightmares, and the weight of her secret.

Anna, the young narrator, is trapped in a family plagued by abuse, denial, and neglect.

A series of poems convey the feelings of a young girl whose sense of joy and security at the family's summer house is shattered when an older boy who lives nearby sexually abuses her.

Nine essays present various perspectives on the issue of child sexual abuse, discussing the prevalence of the crime, the reliability of recovered memories of abuse, the seriousness of the problem of sexual abuse committed by other children, and whether priests who have molested children can be reintegrated into society.

A collection of information and reference tools on childhood sexual abuse, which covers the issue's background, history, specific problems and controversies; provides a global perspective; and includes a chronology, biographical sketches, facts and statistics, and annotated lists of print and nonprint resources and organizations, associations, and agencies.

By the time she was twelve, Carissa Phelps had run away from a troubled home, dropped out of school, and was working the streets. She was a child trapped in an adult world. Through a set of miracle circumstances, and the unexpected kindness of strangers, Carissa found her way out.

Covers the history of sexual abuse of children, effects on children, profiles of abusers, controversies surrounding the Internet, Megan's law, and repressed and false memories.