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Sexual assault among adolescents: 6 facts

  • Written by David Finkelhor, Professor of Sociology, University of New Hampshire
Sexual assault among adolescents is common.

Christine Blasey Ford’s account of allegedly being sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they were teenagers is provoking both informed and uninformed comment from politicians. Still more private conversations about the subject are happening in homes and offices around the...

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