Wrongful allegations of sexual and child abuse /

Wrongful allegations of sexual and child abuse /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
©2016
Description:xxi, 304 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Child sexual abuse -- Investigation.
False testimony.
Child sexual abuse -- Investigation.
False testimony.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11025000
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Other authors / contributors:Burnett, Ros, editor.
ISBN:9780198723301
019872330X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse' fills a gap for an authoritative and considered text focused on false accusations of recent or historical abuse, both as a miscarriage of justice and as an ordeal which impairs lives even when it does not result in criminal charges. It brings together experts from different disciplinary backgrounds and relevant specialisms to explicate the context, causes, and processes that foster erroneous or fabricated allegations and to consider ways of reducing their incidence and the injustices that follow them.
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Part I. The Reality of Wrongful Allegations of Abuse: What Kind of Allegations and Why Do They Matter?
  • 1. Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse: A Neglected and Expanding Category of Injustice
  • 2. Experiencing False Allegations of Abuse: First-Person Accounts
  • Part II. Culture; Ideology; Politics: What is the Terrain That Gives Rise to False Allegations?
  • 3. Demons, Devils, and Ritual Abuse: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
  • 4. Moral Crusades, Child Protection, Celebrities, and the Duty to Believe
  • 5. Telling Stories?: Adults' Retrospective Narratives of Abuse in Residential Child Care
  • 6. 'Rape Culture' Narrative, State Feminism, and the Presumption of Guilt
  • 7. Making Accusations: Precautionary Logic and Embedded Suspicion in an Insecure and Uncertain World
  • Part III. The Allegation: Causes; Motivations; Case Studies: Why Would Anyone Make a False Accusation?
  • 8. Why and How False Allegations of Abuse Occur: An Overview
  • 9. The Compensations of Being a Victim
  • 10. His Story; Her Story: Sexual Miscommunication, Motivated Remembering, and Intoxication as Pathways to Honest False Testimony Regarding Sexual Consent
  • 11. Beliefs about Memory, Childhood Abuse, and Hypnosis among Clinicians, Legal Professionals, and the General Public
  • 12. To Catch a Sex Offender: Police, Trawls, and Personal Injury Solicitors
  • Part IV. Interrogation; Prosecution; Conviction; Appeal: How Could the Justice System Get It So Wrong?
  • 13. When Exoneration Seems Hopeless: The Special Vulnerability of Sexual Abuse Suspects to False Confession
  • 14. Complaints of Sexual Abuse and the Decline of Objective Prosecuting
  • 15. 'In Denial': The Hazards of Maintaining Innocence after Conviction
  • 16. When Juries Find Innocent People Guilty: Strengths and Limitations of the Appellate System in England and Wales
  • Part V. Finding Ways Forward: What's to be Done?
  • 17. Reducing Harm Resulting from False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse: The Importance of Corroboration
  • 18. Advances in Lie Detection: Limitations and Potential for Investigating Allegations of Abuse
  • 19. Toward Reconciliation of the True and False Recovered Memory Debate
  • 20. The Defendant's Plea of Innocent in Sexual Abuse Cases
  • 21. Reducing the Incidence and Harms of Wrongful Allegations of Abuse
  • Index
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