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. Routledge: London; 138 153. McElvaney R. 2008. How children tell: containing the secret of child sexual abuse. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Trinity College, Dublin. McElvaney R, Greene S, Hogan D. 2012. Containing the secret of child sexual abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 27(6):1155 1175. DOI:

Easton, 2013; Goodman-Brown, Edelstein, Goodman, Jones, & Gordon, 2003; Hershkowitz, Lanes, & Lamb; 2007; Jonzon & Lindblad, 2004; McElvaney, 2015; Smith et al., 2000). Incidence studies in the United States and Canada report decreasing CSA rates (Fallon et al., 2015; Finkelhor, Shattuck, Turner, & Hamby,

mdolt, 2012). Other studies simply reported average years of delay sometimes as long as from 20 to 46 years (Easton, 2013; Jonzon & Linblad, 2004; Smith et al., 2000). Second, the number of qualitative studies has increased sig- nificantly over the last 15 years. This rise is in response to a previous dear

. Routledge: London: 138-153. McElvaney R. 2008. How children tell: containing the secret of child sexual abuse. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Trinity College. Dublin. McElvaney R, Greene S, Hogan D. 2012. Containing the secret of child sexual abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 27(6):1155-1175. DOI:

y) 26 per cent. Smith and colleagues (2000) examined a sub-sample (n = 288) of the National Women's Study in the USA (Resnick et at, 1993, cited in Smith et al., 2000) who had reported a childhood rape prior to the age of 18. Smith et at's findings can be summarised as follows: immediate disclosure (within

Easton, 2013; Goodman-Brown, Edelstein, Goodman, Jones, & Gordon, 2003; Hershkowitz, Lanes, & Lamb; 2007; Jonzon & Lindblad, 2004; McElvaney, 2015; Smith et al., 2000). Incidence studies in the United States and Canada report decreasing CSA rates (Fallon et al., 2015; Finkelhor, Shattuck, Turner, & Hamby,

. Routledge: London; 138 153. McElvaney R. 2008. How children tell: containing the secret of child sexual abuse. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Trinity College, Dublin. McElvaney R, Greene S, Hogan D. 2012. Containing the secret of child sexual abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 27(6):I 155 1175. DOI