David Finkelhor Quotations

There are very serious forms of, and reactions to, sibling victimization.

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They are a group of kids who do not exercise very good judgment about who it is wise to have sexual relationships with,

These are very interesting and important statistics. This shows a pretty dramatic over-representation of black kids.

Sometimes this behavior becomes institutionalized. It's a culture that gets established, and something very radical needs to be done like closing down and trying to start anew.

This might be a very auspicious moment to make some recommendations about what we think ought to be regularly available.

There's been some fear on the part of advocates that some enthusiasm (for tougher laws) will go away if people think the situation is getting better.

There's been a decline in the double standard. That's why you're seeing more of these cases.

A substantial number of kids who have been abused, including sexual abuse, tend to be sexualized,

If I were to hit my wife, no one would have trouble seeing that as an assault or a criminal act. When a child does the same thing to a sibling, the exact same act will be construed as a squabble, a fight or an altercation.