Interviewing children who may been sexually abused is a daunting task fraught with far-reaching consequences for the children, families, institutions, and professionals involved. With no room for error, forensic and clinical interviewers must navigate the complex and often contradictory evidence that informs their decision making. Here, Kathleen Coulborn Faller, a leading expert on child sexual abuse, critically analyzes the research on assessing child sexual abuse. Noting that issues such as memory and suggestibility, questioning techniques, the use of media, and false allegations...
Interviewing children who may been sexually abused is a daunting task fraught with far-reaching consequences for the children, families, institutions,...
Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment, Second Edition "updates its comprehensive coverage of child sexual abuse definitions and indicators, interview and questioning techniques, and diagnosis guidelines to include an insightful response to the building social backlash against the so-called child abuse industry. Distinguished scholar and experienced practitioner Kathleen Coulborn Faller applies twenty-five years of clinical experience and state-of-the-art research to offer authoritative guidance to both novice and experience practitioners.
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Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment, Second Edition "updates its comprehensive coverage of child sexual abuse definitions and in...
Detect and put a stop to child abuse For mental health professionals, social workers, legal professionals, and policy makers, Maltreatment in Early Childhood: Tools for Research-Based Intervention examines strategies and ideas for professional training in child protection in the United States. Derived from presentations at the San Diego Conference Responding to Child Maltreatment, this book addresses current assessment issues, the intersection of child maltreatment and other social problems, the history of child protection, and the intricacies of courtroom testimonies, and provides...
Detect and put a stop to child abuse For mental health professionals, social workers, legal professionals, and policy makers, Maltreatment i...
Detect and put a stop to child abuse For mental health professionals, social workers, legal professionals, and policy makers, Maltreatment in Early Childhood: Tools for Research-Based Intervention examines strategies and ideas for professional training in child protection in the United States. Derived from presentations at the San Diego Conference Responding to Child Maltreatment, this book addresses current assessment issues, the intersection of child maltreatment and other social problems, the history of child protection, and the intricacies of courtroom testimonies, and provides...
Detect and put a stop to child abuse For mental health professionals, social workers, legal professionals, and policy makers, Maltreatment i...
St. Mary County is a small rural midwestern enclave with a unique approach to handling accusations of child sexual abuse. Hoping to spare children the trauma of lengthy court appearances and probing interrogations, St. Mary's professionals strive to obtain confessions from accused sex offenders rather than ask the victim to bear the burden of proof. Treating this county as a critical case study, scholars from a variety of fields come together to analyze this community's unique approach. They address relevant case law, innovative treatments for both victim and offender, and the social...
St. Mary County is a small rural midwestern enclave with a unique approach to handling accusations of child sexual abuse. Hoping to spare children the...
This text represents a significant contribution to the highly contested debate surrounding how allegations of child sexual abuse should be evaluated. It responds directly to Kuehnle and Connell's edited volume, 'The Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse Allegations', which included chapters advocating strong specificity positions at the expense of sensitivity.
This text represents a significant contribution to the highly contested debate surrounding how allegations of child sexual abuse should be evaluated. ...
This book represents a significant contribution to the highly contested debate surrounding how allegations of child sexual abuse should be evaluated. Despite decades of substantial research in this sensitive area, professional consensus remains elusive. A particular source of contention is the sensitivity vs. specificity debate; whether evaluators should give priority to reducing the number of true allegations that are labelled false or to reducing the number of false allegations that are labelled true.
This edited collection aims to address directly and offer new insights into this...
This book represents a significant contribution to the highly contested debate surrounding how allegations of child sexual abuse should be evaluate...
