Ce qui, dans notre société, est qualifié d'abus sexuel ne l'est pas toujours dans le chef des abuseurs. Quels sont les rapports que des individus, désignés comme des délinquants sexuels, entretiennent avec la norme sociale relative à la sexualité entre les adultes et les enfants? Telle est la question centrale de cette recherche.

Investigation of child abuse is often hampered by doubts about the reliability of children as only sources of information. Over the last decade, consensus has been reached about children's limitations and competencies. New for the Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law, Tell Me What Happened summarizes key research on children's memory, communicative skills and social tendencies, describes how it can be incorporated into a specific structured interview technique and reviews evidence involving more than 40,000 alleged victims.