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Surveying Families Accused of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Comparison of British and New Zealand Results
Author(s) -
GoodyearSmith Felicity A.,
Laidlaw Tannis M.,
Large Robert G.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199702)11:1<31::aid-acp451>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - globe , psychology , context (archaeology) , child sexual abuse , sexual abuse , false accusation , suicide prevention , child abuse , poison control , white (mutation) , criminology , human factors and ergonomics , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , history , medicine , medical emergency , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , neuroscience , gene
Two independent surveys from opposite ends of the globe, the UK and New Zealand, completed by families which include a family member accused of sexually abusing a child, have produced remarkably similar results. The majority of accusations were made by well‐educated white women about their biological fathers and/or their mothers, based upon memories often recovered within a therapeutic context, many years after the incidents were supposed to have taken place. Accusations included disproportionately high rates of rape, bizarre sexual behaviours and satanic ritual abuse in both surveys. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.