Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is receiving necessary attention around the world, but the phenomenon … sexual exploitation of children is covered in national law. It concludes that efforts to define and regulate CSEC in …

defence lawyers asked and assessing how children responded. Credibility-challenging questions comprised 14.9% of all questions … asked during cross-examination. Of defence lawyers' credibility-challenging questions, 77.8% focused generally on children …'s honesty, whereas the remainder referred to specific inconsistencies in the children's testimony. Children resisted credibility …

, prosecutors tend to question children in ways that undermine their productivity and credibility. Second, prosecutors have … difficulty in explaining to juries the dynamics of sexual abuse and disclosure, making children’s acquiescence to abuse and their … failure to disclose when abuse first occurs incredible. Third, attorneys undermine children’s credibility by pushing them to …

Children's initial reports often play a key role in the identification of maltreatment, and a sizeable amount of … scientific research has examined how children disclose sexual and physical abuse. Although neglect constitutes a large proportion … of maltreatment experiences, relatively little attention has been directed toward understanding whether and how children …