East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Student Works 5-2006 Childhood Reflections of Adult Male Incarcerated Child Sexual Abusers. Linda H. Garrett East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd Part of the Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance Commons Recommended Citation Garrett, Linda H., "Childhood Reflections of Adult Male Incarcerated Child Sexual Abusers." (2006). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2244. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2244 This Dissertation - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Childhood Reflections of Adult Male Incarcerated Child Sexual Abusers __________________ A dissertation presented to the faculty of the Department of College of Nursing East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Science in Nursing ___________________ by Linda H. Garrett May 2006 ___________________ Joy Wachs, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAOHN, Chair Gail Gerding, PhD, RN Susan Grover, PhD, RN Sadie Hutson, PhD, WHNP Larry Miller, PhD Keywords: child sexual abuse, perpetrator, phenomenology, nursing, primary care ABSTRACT Childhood Reflections of Adult Male Incarcerated Child Sexual Abusers by Linda H. Garrett Child sexual abuse has existed since earliest recorded history. It is believed that one in three females and one in five males are sexually abused before their 18th birthday, and many researchers believe this is a gross underestimation of the problem.