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When the perpetrator was the victim\u2019s next-door neighbor, participants rated the likelihood of abuse as higher and the victim\u2019s memory as stronger with shorter versus longer lengths of delay. Delay did not vary as a function of the victim-perpetrator relationship when the perpetrator was the victim\u2019s stepfather. 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