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The medical and forensic evaluation of victims of child sexual abuse (CSA) is complex. Steps include careful medical history taking, physical and anogenital examination, consideration of differential diagnoses, diagnostic testing, and/or collection of for

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Tanya S. Hinds  Angelo P. Giardino 

Child Sexual Abuse Current Evidence, Clinical Practice, and Policy Directions

SpringerBriefs in Public Health SpringerBriefs in Child Health Series Editor Angelo P. Giardino, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

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Tanya S. Hinds • Angelo P. Giardino

Child Sexual Abuse Current Evidence, Clinical Practice, and Policy Directions

With Contributions by Paige A. Culotta, Marcella M. Donaruma-Kwoh, and Reena Isaac

Tanya S. Hinds Child & Adolescent Protection Center Children’s National Hospital Washington, DC, USA

Angelo P. Giardino Department of Pediatrics University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, UT, USA

ISSN 2625-2872     ISSN 2625-2880 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Child Health ISSN 2192-3698     ISSN 2192-3701 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Public Health ISBN 978-3-030-52548-4    ISBN 978-3-030-52549-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52549-1 © The Author(s) 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement,