出版社：Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto - USP
摘要：The choice of adequate methods to identify children who were victims of sexual abuse is a necessary practice in the forensic scenery. Among the psychological assessment instruments, the Rorschach test shows special usefulness for this purpose. Aiming at the broadening and foundation of these ideas and seeking to verify the extension and importance of the use of this instrument in psychological evaluation of the victims of sexual abuse. To do so, we preceded to an electronic bibliographic research of indexed papers of studies developed in Brazil, Cuba, Argentina, Chile, United States of America and Canada. The main fi ndings certify the validity of Rorschach in cases where sexual abuse is suspected and in the investigation of its sequels, and its possible contributions to the area, which confers to the instrument the necessary properties to answer in a safe way within this context
