Intra-familial child sexual abuse: risk factors, indicators and protective factors: practice tool (2018)

Abstract

This resource is designed to support practitioners to use research evidence to structure their thinking in relation to intra-familial child sexual abuse (IFCSA). Where a case is open to children’s social care it may be that:

* There are concerns about IFCSA, but no physical evidence to verify sexual abuse is occurring/has occurred nor has a child told someone about abuse. * A child protection case (involving any form of maltreatment) is being ‘stepped down’ but concerns about IFCSA remain.