Issues In Child Abuse Accusations
Issues In Child Abuse Accusations (ISSN 1043-8823) is a multidisciplinary
journal presenting scholarship from disciplines such as law, law enforcement,
psychology, psychiatry, sociology, social work, medicine, history, and theology.
Its goal is to advance our care for children through pointing to the mistakes
of the rush to solve the problem of child abuse, sharing demonstrated facts
about the reality of abuse, and discussing new ways for professionals to
respond to accusations, victims, perpetrators and those accused. Issues
In Child Abuse Accusations has been in publication since 1989.
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Table of Contents for Back issues (by year).
1989 - 1990 - 1991
- 1992 - 1993 - 1994
- 1995 - 1996 - 1997
-1989-
Volume 1, Number 1, Winter, 1989
- Editors' Note. Hollida Wakefield & Ralph Underwager
- Defense Considerations in the Child as Witness in Allegations of Sexual
Abuse. Part I. Witnesses in General: How We Measure Credibility. Louis Kiefer
- Interrogation of Children. Hollida Wakefield & Ralph Underwager
- Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs and Accusations of Child Sexual
Abuse: An Analysis. James J. Krivacska
- One Hundred Cases of Unfounded Child Sexual Abuse: A Survey and Recommendations.
LeRoy Schultz
- Behavior of Abused and Non-Abused Children in Interviews with Anatomically-Correct
Dolls. William McIver II, Hollida Wakefield, & Ralph Underwager
- Mass Hysteria in Oude Pekela. Benjamin Rossen
- An Illusion in Red and White. Stephen Crane
Volume 1, Number 2, Spring, 1989
- Alleged Behavioral Indicators of Sexual Abuse. Ross Legrand, Hollida
Wakefield, & Ralph Underwager
- Counterattack and Control: Keys to Successful Defense of False Child
Abuse Accusations. Eliot R. Clauss
- Psychological Evaluation of an Alleged Abuse Victim by the Defense.
Ralph Underwager & Hollida Wakefield
- The Social Worker as an Expert Witness in suspected Child Abuse Cases:
A Primer for Beginners. LeRoy Schultz
- Defense Considerations in the Child as Witness in Allegations of Sexual
Abuse. Part II. The Child Witness: Legal Competency. Louis Kiefer
- Manipulating the Child Sexual Abuse System. Hollida Wakefield &
Ralph Underwager
- Learning From the McMartin Hoax. Lee Coleman
Volume 1, Number 3, Summer, 1989
- Medical Examination for Sexual Abuse: Have We Been Misled? Lee Coleman
- Defense Considerations in the Child as Witness in Allegations of Sexual
Abuse. Part III. Defense Strategies for the Falsely Accused. Louis Kiefer
- Appeal Brief, Court of Appeals of Maryland: Maryland vs. Craig. William
H, Murphy, Jr.
- Prosecution and Child Sexual Abuse. Ralph Underwager & Hollida Wakefield
- An Australian View. Ian D. John
- My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It. Mark Twain
Volume 1, Number 4, Fall, 1989
- Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: Alternative, Non-Child Directed
Approaches. James J. Krivacska
- Child Hearsay vs. the Confrontation Clause: Can the Sixth Amendment
Survive? Paul F. Herzog
- The Child Protection Teams: Defenses for the Falsely Accused. LeRoy
Schultz
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy as a Possible Factor When Abuse is Falsely
Alleged. Deidre Conway Rand.
- Investigative Procedures in Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse. Part
I: The Initial Criminal Investigation. John C. Wideman
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-1990-
Volume 2, Number 1, Winter, 1990
- Sexual Abuse Validity Discriminators in the Divorced or Divorcing Family.
Karol L. Ross & Gordon Blush
- Investigative Procedures in Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse: Part
II: Victim and Subject Interviews. John C. Wideman
- A Defense Attorney's Story. Zachary Bravos
- The Phenomenon of Child Sexual Abuse Hysteria as a Social Syndrome:
A New Kind of Expert Testimony. Lawrence D. Spiegel
- A Suggested Civil Action When Falsely Accused. Ralph Underwager, Eliot
Clauss, & Hollida Wakefield
Volume 2, Number 2, Spring, 1990
- Coping with Alleged False Sexual Molestation: Examination and Statement
Validity Procedures. Martha Rogers
- Review of the Current Status and Use of Statement Validity Analysis
Procedures in the United States. Martha Rogers
- Investigative Procedures in Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse. Part
III: Indictment and Trial. John C. Wideman
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: Integration of Classic and Contemporary
Types. Deidre Conway Rand
- The Confrontation Clause and the Child Witness. Hollida Wakefield
- Court of Appeals of Maryland: Maryland v. Craig. William H. Murphy
- United States Supreme Court Amicus Curiae Brief. Ralph Underwager, Hollida
Wakefield, & Louis Kiefer
- Self-Help Groups for the Erroneously Charged: A Proposed Model. LeRoy
G. Schultz
Volume 2, Number 3, Summer, 1990
- Personality Characteristics of Parents Making False Accusations of Sexual
Abuse in Custody Disputes. Hollida Wakefield & Ralph Underwager
- Investigative Procedures in Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse. Part
IV: The Defense Perspective. John C. Wideman
- My Big Lie. Louis Kiefer
- The False Child Molestation Outbreak of the 1980s: An Explanation of
the Cases Arising in the Divorce Court. Robert Sheridan
- Investigation and Case Management Issues and Strategies. Gordon J. Blush
& Karol L. Ross
- Confrontation Clause Revisited: Supreme Court Decisions. Idaho v Wright
and Craig v Maryland
- Confrontation Clause Revisited: Idaho v Wright and Craig v Maryland.
An Attorney's Response. Louis Kiefer
- Confrontation Clause Revisited: Idaho v Wright and Craig v Maryland.
A Psychologist's Response. Ralph Underwager
Volume 2, Number 4, Fall, 1990
- Female Sexual Abusers: A Theory of Loss. Hollida Wakefield, Martha Rogers,
& Ralph Underwager
- Sex Abuse Hysteria: The Physicians: An Excerpt from "Sex Abuse
Hysteria: Salem Witch Hunts Revisited." Richard A. Gardner
- Investigative Procedures in Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse. Part
V: The Defense Perspective. John C. Wideman
- Prosecutorial Ethics. Mark S. Pollock
- Confidentiality, Privilege, and Child Abuse Reporting. LeRoy G. Schultz
- After the McMartin Trials: Some Reflections from the Buckeys. Peggy,
Raymond, & Peggy Ann Buckey
- The Effects of a False Allegation of Child Sexual Abuse on an Intact
Middle Class Family. Darrell W. Richardson
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-1991-
Volume 3, Number 1, Winter, 1991
- Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs: Can They Cause False Allegations?
James Krivacska
- Sex Offender Treatment. Hollida Wakefield & Ralph Underwager
- All Fall Down. Frank Lee
- Biases of Retrospection. Robyn M. Dawes
- A Canadian Perspective of Child Sexual Abuse Accusations in the Gender
War. Brian Hindmarch
- Structured, Time-Limited, Mastery-Oriented Therapy Groups for Sexually
abused, Preadolescent Children. Billie F. Corder
- The "Validators" and Other Examiners. Richard A. Gardner
Volume 3, Number 2, Spring, 1991
- Child Witness: Cognitive and Social Factors Related to Memory and Testimony.
Stephen J. Lepore
- The Essentials of Child Abuse Investigation and Child Interviews. Lawrence
W. Daly
- Ambiguity, Barriers, and Contradictions: The ABCs of Child Abuse Allegations.
James C. Overholser
- Crisis in Education: False Allegations of Child Abuse. Jane Maxson
- The Dynamic of Shame in Interactions Between Child Protective Services
and Families Falsely Accused of Child Abuse. Sabrina Luza & Enrique
Ortiz
Volume 3, Number 3, Summer, 1991
- The Satanic Cult Scare and Allegations of Ritual Child Abuse. Jeffrey
S. Victor
- Child Abuse and Witchcraft? Perspective on the 15th and 20th Centuries.
Zachary Bravos
- How Could this Happen? Coping with a False Accusation of Incest and
Rape. Jane Doe
- Evaluating an Alleged Satanic Ritualistic Abuser: What We Don't Know.
Martha L. Rogers
- Cur Allii, Prae Aliis? (Why Some, and Not Others?) Ralph Underwager
& Hollida Wakefield
Volume 3, Number 4, Fall, 1991
- A Critical Analysis of a Medical Report in a Case of Suspected Child
Sexual Abuse. Robert Fay
- Aftermath of a False Allegation. John Smith
- In the Interest of H. R. K. and Due Process: Can a Juvenile Court Terminate
Parental Rights Without an Adjudication? Jean Dickson
- Transcultural Developmental Sexology: Genital Greeting Versus Child
Molestation. John Money, Swayam Prakasam, & Venkat N. Joshi
- Giving up Cherished Ideas: The Rorschach Ink Blot Test. Robyn Dawes
- Central Registries: Protection or Oppression? Ralph Underwager &
Hollida Wakefield
- Florida Abuse Registry Loses in Federal Court. Jeff Whalen
- How to Get Removed From a Central Registry. Hollis Petersen
- Plaintiff's Brief Regarding the Constitutionality of Central Registry.
Rowe Stayton
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-1992-
Volume 4, Number 1, Winter, 1992
- Who Evaluates Child Interviews and Interviewers? Lawrence W. Daly
- Mandatory Sentencing. Marvin Manross
- Your child Sex Offender Client is Going To Be Sentenced: Ready of Not?
Joel Erik Thompson
- Suggestions When Falsely Accused. Bruce G. Gould
- Fooling Ourselves: Cargo Cult Law and Medicine. Robert Sheridan
- Assessing Credibility in Children's Testimony in Ritual Abuse Allegations.
Hollida Wakefield & Ralph Underwager
- An Essay/Review of Galileo's Revenge by Peter Huber. Jack Zusman
Volume 4, Number 2, Spring, 1992 (Special Issue)
- The Trade in Child Pornography. Jan Schuijer & Benjamin Rossen
Volume 4, Number 3, Summer, 1992
- Promoting Play Therapy: Marketing Dream or Empirical Nightmare? Terence
W. Campbell
- False Allegations of Sexual Abuse and the Persuasiveness of Play Therapy.
Terence W. Campbell
- Child Sexual Abuse Allegations: Investigative Approaches and Identifying
Hypotheses. Lawrence W. Daly
- Defense of Child Molestation Charges. Joel Erik Thompson
- The Effects of a False Accusation of Sexual abuse on the Spouse of the
Accused. Lesley Wimberly
- Leading Stimuli, Leading Gestures, and Leading Questions. Richard A.
Gardner
Volume 4, Number 4, Fall, 1992 [Special Issue]
- Diagnosing Incest: The Problems of False Positives and Their Consequences.
Terence W. Campbell
- Creating "Memories" of Sexual Abuse. Lee Coleman
- Belated Realization of Child Sex Abuse by an Adult. Richard A. Gardner
- Uncovering Memories of Alleged Sexual Abuse: The Therapists Who Do It.
Hollida Wakefield & Ralph Underwager
- Why Believe That For Which There Is No Good Evidence? Robyn M. Dawes
- Recovered Memories of Alleged Sexual Abuse: Memory as Production and
as Reproduction. Joseph Wakefield
- Evaluating Adult Litigants Who Allege Injuries From Sexual Abuse: Clinical
Assessment Methods For Traumatic Memories. Martha L. Rogers
- Traumatic Therapy. Lynn Price Gondolf
- False Memories of Child Sexual Abuse: A Personal Account. Mel Gavigan
- The Nightmare That May Never End. Rebecca Doe
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-1993-
Volume 5, Number 1, Winter, 1993
- Revisiting Country Walk. Debbie Nathan
- Medical Findings and Child Sexual abuse. Richard A. Gardner
- Revising the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Richard A. Gardner
- Nurses' Attitudes Toward the Child Victims and the Perpetrators of Emotional,
Physical, and Sexual Abuse. Ann H. Seidl, Marietta P. Stanton, Adele Pillitteri,
Carol Smith, & Barbara Boehler
- Misuse of Psychophysiological Arousal Measurement Data. Jack S. Annon
- "Occult Cop." Randy Emon
- Cross-examination of Child Witnesses. Joel Erik Thompson
Volume 5, Number 2, Spring 1993
- Child and Statements for the Purpose of Medical Diagnosis or Treatment:
A Challenge to Scientific Reality. Jean Z. Dickson
- Antisexuality and Child Sexual Abuse. Ralph Underwager & Hollida
Wakefield
- Antisexualism in Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs-Good Touch,
Bad Touch . . . Don't Touch? James J. Krivacska
- Sexual Attitudes in Contemporary Legend About Satanic Cults. Jeffrey
S. Victor
- Memory, Suggestion and Truth. William J. Ronan
- Child Abuse: Guilty Until Proven Innocent or Legalized Governmental
Child Abuse. Karen Radko
- The Importance of Negative Evidence in a False Sexual Abuse Allegation
(A Grandmother's Story). Betty Duffey
- A Theory About the Variety of Human Sexual Behavior. Richard A. Gardner
Volume 5, Number 3, Summer, 1993
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: A Complex Type of Emotional Abuse Responsible
for Some False Allegations of Child Abuse in Divorce. Deirdre Conway Rand
- A Paradigm Shift for Expert Witnessed. Ralph Underwager & Hollida
Wakefield
- Increasing Accuracy of Decision Making. Ralph Underwager
- The Reliability and Validity of Gardner's Indicators of Pedophilia.
Terence W. Campbell
- Response to Campbell's "The Reliability and Validity of Gardner's
Indicators of Pedophilia." Richard A. Gardner
- Reliable Classification vs. Idiosyncratic Opinion: A Reply to Gardner.
Terence W. Campbell
Volume 5, Number 4, Fall, 1993
- A False Confession of Child Sexual Abuse on the Navaho Reservation:
The Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale and Expert Testimony. Mickey McMahon
- Body Memories: And Other Pseudo-Scientific Notions of "Survivor
Psychology." Susan E. Smith
- Civic Creche Case, Christchurch. Felicity Goodyear-Smith
- How to Destroy a Family. Ralph Underwager
- Iatrogenically Induced Personality Disorder and Ritual Abuse Memories
in a 1--Year-Old Child. Zachary Bravos
- In the Interest of Jane Doe and Tamera Doe: Proceedings Before the Hon.
Richard X. Jackson
- The Verdict. Del Richardson
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-1994-
Volume 6, Number 1, Winter, 1994
- Taking Recovered Memories Seriously. Lawrence E. Hedges
- Satanic Ritual Abuse: How Real? Terry L. Kern
- Amytal Interviews and "Recovered Memories" of Sexual Abuse:
A Note. August Piper, Jr.
- Parallels Between Recollections of Repressed Childhood Sex Abuse, Kidnappings
by Space Aliens, and the Salem Witch Hunts. Ronald C. Johnson
Volume 6, Number 2, Spring, 1994
- Medical Considerations in the Diagnosis of child Sexual Abuse. Felicity
Goodyear-Smith
- Finally! An Instant Cure for Paranoid Schizophrenia: MPD Richard A.
Gardner
- Abusive Behaviors Alleged in two Samples of Likely False Allegations.
Hollida Wakefield & Ralph Underwager
- Believe Her! The Woman Never Lies Myth Frank S. Zepezauer
- Misinterpretation of a Primary Prevention Effort. Ralph Underwager &
Hollida Wakefield
Volume 6, Number 3, Summer, 1994
- First Glimpse: An Initial Examination of Subjects Who Have Rejected
Their Recovered Visualizations as False Memories. Eric L. Nelson & Paul
Simpson
- Recommended Guidelines for Interviewing Children in Cases of Alleged
Abuse. Jack S. Annon
- Questions of Fact: The Use of Psychology in the Evaluation of Evidence.
Astrid Holgerson
- Impact of Child Abuse Memories on the Families of Victims. Joseph de
Rivera
- The Sex-Abuse Time Line Diagrams. Richard A. Gardner
- Lawyers and Memory: The Impact of Repressed Memory Allegations on Abuse
on the American Courtroom. Philip S. Simmons
Volume 6, Number 4, Fall, 1994
- Untying the Gordion Knot: A Return to Reason. Ralph Underwager &
Hollida Wakefield
- Statement of Ileana Flores Regarding Florida vs. Fuster
- Effective Treatment for Children in Cases of extrafamilial Sexual Abuse.
Therese L. Wolf & Terence W. Campbell
- Multiple Personalities: Some Psychoanalytic Listening Perspectives.
Lawrence Hedges
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Volume 7, Number 1, Winter 1995
- Myths and Realities of Sexual Abuse Evaluation and Diagnosis: A Call
for Judicial Guidelines. Demosthenes Lorandos & Terence W. Campbell
- Repression, Dissociation, and Sex-Abuse Accusations. Richard A. Gardner
- Psychological Evaluations You Need For Trial: What They Can and Cannot
Do. Ralph Underwager & Hollida Wakefield
- False Accusations against Therapists: Where Are They Coming From, Why
Are They Escalating, When Will They Stop? Lawrence E. Hedges
Volume 7, Number 2, Spring 1995 [Special Issue]
- The Dark Truth About the "Dark Tunnels of McMartin." John
Earl
Volume 7, Number 3, Summer 1995
- An Ethnographic Case Study Approach to Studying the Process of Child
Abuse Investigation in the United Kingdom. Jon Prosser
- A Case Study of a UK Family Wrongly Accused of Child Abuse. Jon Prosser,
- Creating Repressed Memories: A Case Example. Terence W. Campbell
- Evaluation of Charges of Sexual abuse in the Context of Custody and
Divorce. Gloria Burk, Ricardo Hofer, Katherine MacVicar, Morton Neril, &
Robert Schrieber
- You're Not Paranoid Schizophrenic: You Only Have Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder. Richard A. Gardner
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-1996-
Volume 8, Number 1, Winter, 1996
- Textual Analysis: An Approach for Assessing the Truth Value of Allegations
of Sexual Abuse. Max Scharnberg
- The Principle of Similarity: A Source of Legal Evidence on Sexual Abuse.
Max Scharnberg
- The Niko Story: Can There Be a Happy End in Abuse Accusation Cases?
Aulikki & Thomas Ristoja
- A Successful Malpractice Action Against a Therapist. Hollida Wakefield
- Plaintiffs' Trial Memorandum
- Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law on the Legal Insufficiency of Defendant's
Immunity Defense
Volume 8, Number 2, Spring, 1996
- Problems of Research into Adult/Child Sexual Interaction. Vern L. Bullough
& Bonnie Bullough
- The Recovered Memory Movement: A Female Perspective. Paula M. Tyroler
- Maybe She Should Have Known. . .But She Didn't. Marion A. Boggs III
& Clara Boggs
- Victim-oriented Law Reforms: Advantages and Pitfalls. Felicity Goodyear-Smith
- Angels of Antichrist. Peter Klevius
- Deposing a Mental Health Provider in Civil Lawsuits Involving Sexual
Abuse Allegations
- Eric L. Nelson & Philip I. Kaushall
Volume 8, Numbers 3/4, Summer/Fall, 1996
- Investigations and Interviews in Cases of Alleged Child Sexual Abuse:
A Look at the Scientific Evidence. Judith K. Adams
- Frailty, Thy Name is Memory: An Inverse Witch Trial in Denmark. Max
Scharnberg
- Wilkinson vs. Balsam, Russel, and Adams. Louis Kiefer & Harold Stevens
- Therapeutic Influence in DID and Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse.
Ralph Underwager & Hollida Wakefield
- Psychologists Who Make Unqualified Public Statements About Litigants
Whom They Have Not Examined:
- A Cautionary Note. Jack S. Annon
- Addendum III: Recommendations for Dealing With Parents Who Induce a
Parental Alienation Syndrome in Their Children. Richard A. Gardner
- Witch-Children: The Myth of the Innocent Child. Hans Sebald
- A Response to Recovered Memories of Abuse: Assessment, Therapy, Forensics
by Kenneth Pope and Laura Brown. Ralph Underwager
- Analysis of a Social Movement: Recovered Memory Therapy vs. the False
Memory Syndrome. Tamatoa Bambridge (translated by Faith Curtin)
-1997-
Volume 9, Numbers 1/2, Winter/Spring, 1997
- State v. Michaels: A New Jersey Supreme Court Prescription for the Rest
of the Country. Karol L. Ross
- Behind the Prison Walls. William McIver
- The Rape. Lilian Öhrström
- Interviewing Methods and Hearsay Testimony in Suspected Child Sexual
Abuse Cases: Questions of Accuracy. Judith K. Adams
- Children as the Primary Losers When Sexual Abuse is Falsely Alleged:
Two Swedish Cases. Siv Westerberg
- Guidelines for Psychologists Who Receive a Subpoena for Their Records.
Jack S. Annon
Volume 9, Numbers 3/4, Summer/Fall, 1997
- Court-mandated Treatment and Required Admission of Guilt in Cases of
Alleged Sexual Abuse: Professional, Ethical and Legal Issues. Judith K.
Adams
- Assessing the Costs of False Allegations of Child Abuse: A Presriptive.
Susan Kiss Sarnoff
- The Politics of Victimization: an Essay on Accountability, Responsibility
and the Resistance to Being Equal. Douglas E. Mould
- United States Supreme Court: Analysis and Application of the Confrontation
Clause in Regard to Cases of Child Sexual Abuse. Arthur H. Garrison
- The Tide Has Turned for the Falsely Accused of Sexual Abuse: A Christian
Perspective. Robert G. Huebner
- How to Survive in Prison as an Innocent Man Convicted of a Sex Crime.
James D. Anderson
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