Sexual Abuse is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles about the clinical and theoretical aspects of sexual abuse, including its etiology, consequences, prevention, treatment, and management strategies.

[1] It is the official journal of the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse.

[1] Ronald Langevin established the journal under the title Annals of Sex Research in 1988.

It adopted the name Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment in 1995 and then its current name in 2015.

[3] The journal is abstracted and indexed by Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, PsycINFO, SafetyLit, Scopus, Social Care Institute for Excellence, and the Social Sciences Citation Index.