RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Child Sexual Abuse and Forensic Psychiatry: Evolving and Controversial Issues
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 439
OP 453
VO 20
IS 4
A1 Burton, Karen
A1 Myers, Wade C.
YR 1992
UL http://jaapl.org/content/20/4/439.abstract
AB Child sexual abuse has received growing attention in recent years, and the topic continues to spark controversy among mental health and legal professionals as well as in the popular media. This paper will review the concept of child sexual abuse, cover relevant definitions, address the clinician's role, and then will address the principal evolving and controversial areas. These areas include psychic damages, false allegations, improper investigatory techniques, use of anatomical dolls, admissibility of expert testimony, hearsay testimony, and the competency of minors to testify.