title: Sexual abuse involving children with an intellectual disability (ID): a narrative review.
abstract: The current paper provides a narrative review of the literature on sexual abuse, involving children with Intellectual Disability (ID). The thirteen articles that were found and met our criteria vary in their definitions of sexual abuse and in how ID was determined. Still, they do paint a general picture concerning (1) the extent of sexual abuse, (2) the nature of the sexual abuse, and (3) the institutional reactions following sexual abuse of children with ID. Our findings confirm the greater vulnerability of children with ID to become involved in sexual abuse both as a victim and as a perpetrator, and we discuss ways to help strengthening prevention and intervention methods. Nevertheless, more research is needed, as it is still a rather unexplored topic, which is striking in light of the high vulnerability of this group.
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: I.B.Wissink@uva.nl.
authors.forename: Inge B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Wissink
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Eveline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Vugt
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Moonen
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Geert-Jan J M
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Stams
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hendriks
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Children with (mild) intellectual disabilities; Foster home; Sexual abuse; Youth care