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How Reliable Are Children's Statements? . . . It Depends.
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Ceci, Stephen J.; Bruck, Maggie – Family Relations, 1994
Responds to previous articles by Fincham, Beach, Moore, and Diener (this issue) on child sexual abuse. Considers how accurate very young children's recollections are about events, people, and places from their distant past, and how likely their testimony is to be biased about such matters if interviewers use leading questions or suggestive…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Questioning Techniques, Sexual Abuse, Young Children
Avoiding False Claims of Child Sexual Abuse: Empty Promises.
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Pezdek, Kathy – Family Relations, 1994
Responds to previous article by Fincham, Beach, Moore, and Diener (this issue) on child sexual abuse. Focuses on importance of recognizing that attempts to reduce probability of false claims of child abuse would result in increasing probability of missing true claims of child abuse. Offers hypothesis-testing framework as useful heuristic for…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Hypothesis Testing, Memory
The Professional Response to Child Sexual Abuse: Whose Interests Are Served?
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Fincham, Frank D.; And Others – Family Relations, 1994
Examines professional response to child sexual abuse. Considers problems with current practice and research, what maintains current professional behavior, and whether individual professionals improve children's welfare. Documents numerous professional practices that may harm children. Highlights ways that individual professionals can promote…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Professional Personnel, Research and Development
Child Sexual Abuse: Finding Common Ground.
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Fincham, Frank D.; And Others – Family Relations, 1994
In responding to commentaries by Ceci and Bruck, Pezdek, and Faulconer, authors of original article (all this issue) on child sexual abuse restate original argument that children's well-being should determine all professional action, no matter how painful this may be for professional. Authors then address specific issues raised in commentaries,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Professional Personnel, Research and Development
Child Sexual Abuse: Ethical Issues for the Family Therapist.
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Haverkamp, Beth; Daniluk, Judith C. – Family Relations, 1993
Notes that marital and family therapists working with families when child sexual abuse is disclosed or suspected face ethical confusion that may not be clearly addressed by professional codes of conduct or legal statutes. Discusses ethical dilemmas commonly encountered in family sexual abuse cases and provides recommendations for ethical decision…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Counselor Role, Decision Making, Ethics
In the Best Interests of Children?
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Faulconer, Leigh A. – Family Relations, 1994
Responds to previous article by Fincham, Beach, Moore, and Diener (this issue) on child sexual abuse. Contends that other perspectives need further investigation to effectively serve children's best interests. Discusses ways that researchers and practitioners can help abused children by building on some of Fincham et al.'s ideas and introduces…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Professional Personnel, Questioning Techniques