Clarifying erroneous child sexual abuse allegations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9052290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David M Mantell (0000-0002-1170-9598, University of Connecticut, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 618-621 |
| Publication date | 1988-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1988.tb01627.x |
| PMID | 3228167 |
| OpenAlex | W2011388591 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
A review of several hundred court cases involving child sexual abuse allegations has shown that both children and adults make false reports. Various kinds of false reports are defined, described, and grouped according to type: misunderstandings, misreporting, distortion through illness, distortion by design, professional error, misrepresentation, and a grouping of less common instances
Child abuse · Child sexual abuse · Distortion (music) · Medical emergency · Misrepresentation · Poison control · Political science · Sexual abuse · Child Abuse and Trauma · Computer Science · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 1997 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |