A systematic review of the global and regional estimates of the prevalence of sexual violence against children

Nature Human Behaviour 2026 Open access

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Authors: Xiangming Fang, Jingru Ren, Jian Kang, Daniela Ligiero, Deborah Fry, Francis B. Annor, Stephanie Burrows, Robert Alexander Butchart, Katherine Jaramillo Diaz, Zuyi Fang, Begoña Vidal Fernández, David Finkelhor
+21 more Constanza Ginestra, Xudong Gong, Ashleigh Howard, W. Jin, Anna Krzeczkowska, Zain Kurdi, Jingxin Liu, Wei Liu, María Paula Marmolejo Lozano, Mengyao Lu, Yaoyue Lu, Greta M. Massetti, James A. Mercy, Louis Olié, Cheng Qin, Arturo Harker Roa, Sabina Savadova, Dongdong Shu, Hanqing Zhu, Yuchen Zhu, Inga Vermeulen
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-026-02436-1
Cited by: 5
References: 34

Fields of Study & Subjects

Child Abuse and Trauma Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies Psychopathy Forensic Psychiatry Sexual Offending

Publication details

Journal / source
Nature Human Behaviour
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
10
Issue
6
Pages
1130–1142
Publication date
2 April 2026
Language
EN