title: The adolescent incest victim and the judicial system.
abstract: The effect on the adolescent incest victim of contact with the judicial system is reviewed, and the victim's sense of insignificance, hopelessness, and guilt is noted. A conceptual framework is offered to aid clinicians in their work with incest victims, and suggestions are made for case management.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States