| Description |
xiv, 338 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part I : False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse -- 1. An Overview of False Allegations : Anyone And Anywhere -- 2. The Origins of False Allegations: Rumors Running Out of Control -- 3. False Allegations and Guesswork -- 4. Interviewing Children or Indoctrinating Them? -- 5. Misinterpretations, Misunderstandings, and Videotapes -- 6. Sometimes They Just Lie : False Allegations As Fabrications -- 7. The Persuasiveness of Play Therapy : Children Remembering What Their Therapist Thinks -- Part II : Claims Of Repressed Memories -- 8. Adults Recalling What They Forgot to Remember? -- 9. Repressed Memory Claims: Scientific Fact Versus Science Fiction -- 10. Creating Repressed Memories: Imagination Inflation -- 11. Clients Suing Recovered Memory Therapy -- 12. Parents Suing Recovered Memory Therapy -- 13. Myopic Guilds and Flawed Evidence : Professional Organizations Defending Their Reputations -- 14. Changing Psychotherapy |
| Summary |
Smoke and Mirrors: The Devastating Effect of False Sexual Abuse Claims is an uncompromising examination of how false allegations originate, gather momentum, and too often culminate by ripping apart the lives of innocent people. Dr. Terence Campbell, a nationally recognized authority in the area of forensic psychology, passionately debates how false allegations of sexual abuse can occur anywhere to anyone |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-331) and index |
| Subject |
Child sexual abuse -- Investigation.
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False memory syndrome.
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False testimony.
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| LC no. |
98012417 |
| ISBN |
0306459841 |
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