CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSEpotential perpetrators. Society must work togeth-
er to stamp out this abhorrence and to assist its
survivors.
Preparation of this article was supported in part by
a training grant from the Maternal and Child Health
Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices (MCJ 9040). The author thanks Steven D. Pinkerton,
Ph.D. for his helpful comments on this manuscript.
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