Ben Winslow

BOTTOM LINE “Confirmation Bias” “the tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with one’s existing beliefs. This biased approach to decision making is largely unintentional and often results in ignoring inconsistent information. Existing beliefs can include one’s expectations in a given situation and predictions about a particular outcome. People

BOTTOM LINE 7 Arizona Republic newspaper articles regarding Phoenix Memorial Hospital and Dr. Dutton’s role in using the penial plethysmograph for sexual experimentation on young boys. An additional Arizona Daily Star article regarding Dr. Dutton’s questionable claim to have been working on her dissertation for years after her dissertation committee had been disbanded. An excerpt

BOTTOM LINE “. . . in 1987, a colleague and I started the Adolescent Sexual Addiction Program at Phoenix Memorial Hospital where we treat both adolescent offenders and victims of sexual abuse. I was there for five years as the program manager and then moved to St. Joseph’s in 1992.” AZ vs. Ramon Escobar-Mendez, October

Suggestibility is the degree to which one’s recollection can be altered by post-event influences.  Suggestibility is not a constant trait.  Factors such as age, source monitoring ability, strength of the memory, interview context, and interviewer bias have been shown to be influences on children’s susceptibility to suggested information. Articles cited by Dutton: Goodman & Bottoms,