Background

Recantation after child sexual abuse (CSA) disclosure refers to the complete denial of prior reports by a victim. In substantiated cases of CSA, recantation has negative effects on criminal proceedings and the protection of current and future victims. Past studies have identified the socio-family factors and CSA characteristics that are associated with recantation. However, the systematization of these risk factors remains limited.

Objective

This study aimed to identify the predictors of recantation using a sample of criminal cases of CSA.

Participants and settings

The sample consisted of 108 criminal cases of CSA with (n = 46) and without recantation (n = 62). All the cases had been judged in a Brazilian court of law between 2010 and 2016.

Results

The final logistic regression model consisted of the following five significant predictors of recantation: a lack of support from the caregiver (odds ratio [OR] = 15.90, p < .001), disclosure to a single individual (OR = 13.75, p = .001), parental offending (OR = 12.44, p = .001), a long time interval (i.e., >one week) between disclosure and the reporting of the abuse to the authorities (OR = 8.64, p = .003), and a higher number of formal interviews (OR = 1.50, p = .052).

Conclusions

The present findings underscore not only the effects of socio-family factors and the number of interviews on recantation but also the importance of examining the contexts within which previous disclosures of CSA have been made to the assessment of the risk of recantation.

中文翻译：

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在巴西样本中披露儿童性虐待后撤回的预测因素

背景

儿童性虐待 (CSA) 披露后撤回是指完全否认受害者先前的报告。在经证实的 CSA 案件中，撤回对刑事诉讼以及对当前和未来受害者的保护具有负面影响。过去的研究已经确定了与戒断相关的社会家庭因素和 CSA 特征。然而，这些风险因素的系统化仍然有限。

客观的

本研究旨在使用 CSA 刑事案件样本来确定撤回的预测因素。

参与者和设置

样本包括 108 起 CSA 刑事案件，其中有（n = 46）和没有撤回（n = 62）。所有案件均于 2010 年至 2016 年在巴西法院审理。

结果

最终的逻辑回归模型由以下五个重要的撤回预测因素组成：缺乏照顾者的支持（比值比 [ OR ] = 15.90，p < .001），向单个个体披露（OR = 13.75，p = . 001）、父母犯罪（OR = 12.44，p = .001），披露和向当局报告虐待之间的时间间隔很长（即>一周）（OR = 8.64，p = .003），以及更多的正式面试（OR = 1.50，p = .052）。

结论

目前的调查结果不仅强调了社会家庭因素和访谈次数对撤回的影响，而且还强调了检查先前披露 CSA 的背景对评估撤回风险的重要性。