False Sexual-Abuse Allegations by Children and Adolescents: Contextual Factors and Clinical Subtypes. Mikkelsen
An important early articles on types and motivations for false sexual-abuse allegations.
Tag: Articles You Should Have
Parent-Child Conversations, Principe and London, 2022
Recent research regarding the impact of parental discussions on child prior to the forensic child interview.
COUNTERING Counterintuitive Testimony (Child, handout)
Handout for a three-hour CLE provided to the State Bar of Arizona
Explaining Counterintuitive Victim Behavior in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cases
An article that promotes counterintuitive claims.
Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science. Lundregan
The full report from the the DOD on defendants exonerated by DNA.
Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science, Pages 19-20
Two specific pages that discuss Important exoneration statistics from the DOD based on DNA evidence.
Child Forensic Interviewing: Best Practices
The US Dept of Justice’s standards of care for forensic chid interviews.
Extended Forensic Evaluation When Sexual Abuse Is Suspected: A Multisite Field Study
This is a must-have article that identifies the unfounded and false rates of CSA allegations (68%)
Gender Differences in Children’s Disclosures and Legal Narratives of Sexual Abuse
Dr. Dutton’s dissertation
Prevention Nearby: The Influence of the Presence of a Potential Guardian on the Severity of Child Sexual Abuse
This article is a must-have for refuting Dr. Dutton’s testimony that perpetrators often assault while another child is in the room.