Long-term offending and re-victimisation patterns among child sexual abuse victims: The role of abuse characteristics and co-occurring psychopathology

This thesis examines the long-term impact of child sexual abuse. Specifically, it fills a gap in the literature by examining the effects of child sexual abuse on later-in-life adverse outcomes, such as criminal offending, re-victimisation, and psychopathology (mental health outcomes and fatal self-harm), by following up a large sample (n=2,759) of child sexual abuse cases and a matched comparison sample (n=2,677) without a known history of abuse. The findings from this thesis have a number of important implications for clinical practice, public health policy, and juvenile and criminal justice policy.