Nearly every known society has some form of “incest taboo” or rules of behavior that prohibit sexual relationships and marriage between certain specified relatives (Henslin, 2001). In the United States, for example, it is illegal for certain specified relatives to interact sexually. The list of specified relatives includes parents and children; brothers and sisters; and in some states, first cousins. It has been only in the last 30 years that the issue of incest started receiving attention in the United States (Gupta & Cox, 1988). Even so, the origins and scope of incest are still not well understood.
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Salazar, L.F., Camp, C.M., DiClemente, R.J., Wingood, G.M. (2005). Sibling Incest Offenders. In: Gullotta, T.P., Adams, G.R. (eds) Handbook of Adolescent Behavioral Problems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23846-8_23
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