Sexual Abuse
Sexual Abuse, the official journal of the Association For The Treatment & Prevention Of Sexual Abuse, provides a forum for the latest original research and scholarly reviews on both clinical and theoretical aspects regarding the perpetration of sexual abuse.
Unlike other publications that present a mix of articles on sexual abuse and human sexuality in general, Sexual Abuse is the only one to focus exclusively on this field, thoroughly investigating its etiology, consequences, prevention, treatment and management strategies.
The in-depth studies provide essential data for those working in both clinical and academic environments, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and therapists/counselors, as well as corrections officers and allied professionals in children's services.
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Sexual Abuse, the official journal of the Association For The Treatment & Prevention Of Sexual Abuse, provides an international and multi-disciplinary forum for the latest research (quantitative or qualitative) and scholarly reviews on theoretical, clinical, and policy-relevant aspects of sexual abuse. The journal publishes rigorously peer-reviewed articles on the characteristics, etiology, life course, prevention, assessment, treatment, management, and consequences of individuals who have perpetrated sexual abuse and those who are at risk of doing so. This research provides essential evidence for those working in mental health, criminal justice, public policy, advocacy, and academic settings, including allied professionals working with those who have experienced sexual abuse.
| Jill D. Stinson, Ph.D. | East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA |
| Aniss Benelmouffok | The Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Beaverton, Oregon, USA |
| Kelly M. Babchishin, Ph.D. | Carleton University, Ontario, Canada |
| Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan | The University of Birmingham, UK |
| Caoilte Ó Ciardha | University of Kent, Canterbury, UK |
| Steven Gillespie | University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK |
| Melissa Grady, Ph.D. | Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA |
| Wineke Smid, Ph.D. | Forensic Care Specialists, Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Eric Beauregard, Ph.D. | Simon Frasier University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
| Anthony R. Beech, Ph.D. | The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Allyson Blackburn | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA |
| Rebecca Bosetti | University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA |
| Andrew Brankley | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Jesse Cale | Griffith University, Southport, Australia |
| Amanda M. Fanniff, Ph.D. | Palo Alto University, USA |
| Tamsin Higgs | University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Judith Iffland | Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany |
| Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Ph.D. | John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA |
| Shan Jumper | Illinois Department of Human Services, Rushville, Illinois, USA |
| Sharon Kelley | Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
| Drew Kingston | HOPE Program, San Diego, California, USA |
| Benoit Leclerc, Ph.D. | Griffith University, Queensland, Australia |
| Seung Lee | Public Safety Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Alejandro Leguizamo | Roger Williams University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
| Y. Vincent Liu | Oakland University, Rochester, USA |
| Frederica Martijn | Nottingham Trent University, UK |
| Kieran McCartan, Ph.D | University of West of England, Bristol, UK |
| Heather Moulden | McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Daniel Oesterle | Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA |
| Emilie Picard | Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Virginia, USA |
| Martin Rettenberger | Centre for Criminology (Kriminologische Zentralstelle – KrimZ), Wiesbaden, Germany |
| Kailey Roche | University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Jeffrey Sandler, Ph.D. | New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, New York, USA |
| Michael Seto, Ph.D., C.Psych | Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Brockville, Ontario, Canada |
| Skye Stephens, Ph.D. | St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Gilian Tenbergen | State University of New York-Oswego, Oswego, New York, USA |
| David Thornton, Ph.D. | FasTR LLC, Madison, Wisconsin, USA |
| Marije Keulen-de Vos | De Rooyse Wissel & Maastricht University, Venray, Netherlands |
| Georgia Winters | Farleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA |
| James Worling, Ph.D. | Private Practice, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alexandra Zidenberg | University of Montreal, Canada |
Instructions to Authors
Submission Guidelines
SAJRT uses an online submission and review platform. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sajrt. Authors will be required to set up an online account on the SAGE Track system powered by ScholarOne. From their account, a new submission can be initiated. Authors will be asked to provide the required information (author names and contact information, abstract, keywords, etc.), complete submission checklist, and to upload the "title page" and "main document" separately to ensure that the manuscript is ready for blind review. Supplemental materials (e.g., additional tables, figures) can also be uploaded, when applicable, and will need to be prepared for blind review. The site contains links to an online user's guide (Get Help Now [add web link]) for help navigating the site.
Manuscripts are subjected to blind peer review and require the author’s name(s) and affiliation listed on a separate page. Any other identifiable information, including any references in the manuscript, the notes, the title, supplemental materials, and reference sections, should be removed from the paper and listed on separate pages.
Manuscripts should be prepared according to the guidelines set forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed., 2010). This includes stipulations regarding page layout, manuscript sections and headings, and formatting of references, tables, and figures. DOI numbers when available for listed references are to be included. Effect sizes and confidence intervals are reported, where appropriate.
Each submission should also include an abstract between 100 and 150 words and 4-5 keywords.
Authors should also ensure appropriate statements [add hyperlink to ‘Statements’ here] have been included in the submission and the Submission Checklist completed.
Submission of a manuscript implies a commitment by the author to publish in the journal. If the manuscript is accepted, the editors assume that any manuscript submitted to SAJRT is not currently under consideration by any other journal.
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Author Statements
SAJRT strives for objectivity and transparency in research. As such, we request authors to disclose information relevant for the Editors, reviewers, and readers of this journal.
Statement 1: Statistical Significance Statement
Authors should provide information on their study design and analysis that can increase the risk of spurious significant findings (colloquially referred to as p-hacking):
- In the Acknowledgement section, empirical manuscripts should include the statement, "The authors takes responsibility for the integrity of the data, the accuracy of the data analyses, and have made every effort to avoid inflating statistically significant results."
- In the Method section, empirical manuscripts may consider including the statement, “We report how we determined our sample size, all data exclusions (if any), all manipulations, and all measures in the study”, from the 21 Word Solution (Simmons, Nelson, & Simonsohn, 2012). Authors may also include, if appropriate, the following elements in the Method section:
- Report how sample size was determined and what rule was used to stop data collection;
- Report the total number of any excluded cases or observations, and the reasons for making these exclusions;
- Report all dependent variables that were analyzed for the research question(s), whether reaching statistically significant thresholds or not;
- If applicable, report all relevant manipulations or conditions, whether successful or not;
- Specify whether analyses were prespecified prior to data collection- in order to address the specific research question- or exploratory- implemented after examination of the data and/or prespecified analyses (see Head et al. [2015], for further information);
- Cite prior publication of some or all of the data reported in the manuscript, to assist in future meta-analysis.
These guidelines are intended to be aspirational, to encourage greater transparency and reproducibility. Submissions that cannot address all these points will still be considered and accepted for publication in SAJRT.
We recognize that these guidelines are more easily implemented for manuscripts reporting experimental designs, but may not be suitable for other types of studies that are commonly submitted to SAJRT. For example, it is common in our field for a study to use data from a large database that have led to multiple publications using some or all of the data. Citing all prior publications (Element f) would be excessive in length, and might not be possible if the authors are not aware of all the published work that has used this database. In this particular example, we suggest that the authors clearly describe the database and cite prominent studies using the database, so that the readers understand where these data come from. Large databases may also have many measures, not all of which would have been analyzed for the purpose of the submitted study. In such cases, reporting all the measures would again be excessively long. Instead, the authors are asked to report all variables that were examined for the research questions (Element a).
Qualitative study designs are another submission that do not easily fit these elements and where the 21 Word Solution might not be appropriate. For qualitative studies, Element a (reporting how sample size was determined), Element b (reporting any included cases), and Element f (citing prior publications that use some or all of the data) are usually applicable.
The 21 Word Solution would also not be applicable to meta-analyses, but much of the elements (i.e., Element B, C, E, and F) are pertinent. Finally, review or theoretical submissions that do not present any statistical analyses would not require these statements.
Statement 2: Role of Funding Sources
Authors must identify any financial support received to conduct the research and/or preparation of the manuscript. Authors should specify if the funding source had any involvement in the research and/or preparation of the manuscript. The absence or presence of funding does not preclude eligibility for publication in the journal.
Statement 3: Disclosure of Financial Interests
All authors must disclose any financial interests, such as a financial stake in a measure or service described in the manuscript, or a close, current personal relationship with someone (e.g., partner/spouse, family member) who has a financial stake in a measure or service that is described. A financial interest does not preclude eligibility for publication in the journal.
Statement 4: Research ethics approval
Authors must include a statement in the Methods section regarding institutional research ethics review and approval, if applicable. If not applicable, a short rationale should be provided (e.g., not applicable or not required).