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Contested Issues in the Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse

Kathleen Coulborn Faller, Mark D. Everson · ISBN 9781317683681
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Publisher Taylor and Francis
Author(s) Kathleen Coulborn Faller / Mark D. Everson
Subtitle A Response to Questions Raised in Kuehnle and Connell's Edited Volume
Published 4th September 2015
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A Response to Questions Raised in Kuehnle and Connell's Edited Volume

This book represents a significant contribution to the highly contested debate surrounding how allegations of child sexual abuse should be evaluated. Despite decades of substantial research in this sensitive area, professional consensus remains elusive. A particular source of contention is the sensitivity vs. specificity debate; whether evaluators should give priority to reducing the number of true allegations that are labelled false or to reducing the number of false allegations that are labelled true.



This edited collection aims to address directly and offer new insights into this debate. It responds directly to Kuehnle and Connell's edited volume, The Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse Allegations: A Comprehensive Guide to Assessment and Testimony (2009), which included chapters which advocated strong specificity positions at the expense of sensitivity. The chapters in this collection feature both challenges to, and replies by, the authors in Kuehnle and Connell's book, making this an essential resource that moves the debate forward.



This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.

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