| Description |
vi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-332) and index. |
| Contents |
Child sexual abuse: legal burdens and scientific methods / Karen M. Staller, Frank E. Vandervort -- Prosecutors and a protocol: switching doors and staying in place / Karen M. Staller -- Sex busters / Jim Henry -- Investigation of child sexual abuse: interviewing victims and interrogating suspects / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- Professional practitioners' views on videotaping: capturing and conveying a child's story / Karen M. Staller, Frank E. Vandervort -- Polygraph magic / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- Shifting the narrative burden throughout investigations and prosecutions of child sexual abuse / Elana D. Buch -- Shouldering the shifted burden: the defense attorneys / Frank E. Vandervort -- Victim and offender treatment and therapeutic justice / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- People, protocol, and process: the Inman case / Karen M. Staller -- Conclusions from the study of St. Mary County / Karen M. Staller. |
| Summary |
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 history of child sexual abuse as a national policy concern. They cover legal burdens and scientific methods, prosecutors and protocol, the interrogation of victims and suspects, the use of expert witnesses, defense strategies, and practice wisdom in videotaping. In addition, they examine the unfolding drama of a single legal case from incidence to conviction. Introducing a model that makes enormous headway in the pursuit of justice, fairness, and trauma treatment, this interdisciplinary text is an indispensible tool for all communities seeking redress. |
| Subject |
Child sexual abuse -- United States -- Case studies.
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Child sexual abuse. |
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United States. |
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Case studies.
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| Subject |
Child sexual abuse -- Investigation -- United States -- Case studies.
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Child sexual abuse -- Investigation. |
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Staller, Karen M.
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Faller, Kathleen Coulborn.
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| Other Form: |
Available also in e-book format 9780231518260 0231518269 |
| ISBN |
9780231146142 cloth alkaline paper |
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0231146140 cloth alkaline paper |
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