Citation

Goodyear-Smith FA, Laidlaw TM, Large RG. Appl. Cogn. Psychol. 1997; 11(1): 31-34.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199702)11:1<31::AID-ACP451>3.0.CO;2-X

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.

Language: en