Prevention of child sexual abuse in the United States: Scoping review of United States legislative policies.

Background: States in the United States (US) have passed and enacted legislation for the purpose of preventing child sexual abuse (CSA) since 2000, but it is unknown whether these legislative policies reduce adult-perpetrated CSA.

Objective: Review the literature from 2000 to 2023 to understand which US CSA prevention policies have been evaluated, the effectiveness of these policies, study populations, and barriers and facilitators associated with the implementation of CSA prevention policies.

Methods: The study protocol was published prior to undertaking the review: PMC10603531.