Case study: allegations of abuse created in a single interview. 36(7):966-70, USA, 1997. Bernet, W Case Reports UNITED STATES J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1997 Jul;36(7):966-70.
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OBJECTIVE: To illustrate how young children can be induced to make false allegations of sexual abuse. METHOD: The author presents a case that is unusual because elaborate, detailed allegations of sexual abuse came about during a single interview, the interviewer was a baby-sitter rather than a mental health professional, and the interview was recorded on tape. RESULTS: Children can be induced to make elaborate, detailed false statements after being subjected to repetitive, suggestive, and leading questions during a single interview. CONCLUSIONS: Child abuse investigators should determine the origin and evolution of allegations of abuse. Children should not be removed from their parents if is likely that the allegations against the parents are false.
@article{Bernet1997csa,
  title = {Case study: allegations of abuse created in a single interview},
  xau = {Bernet, W.},
  year = {1997},
  address = {USA},
  xet = {1997/07/01},
  xid = {10.1097/00004583-199707000-00019},
  issn = {0890-8567 (Print) 0890-8567 (Linking)},
  keywords = {Child Abuse, Sexual/ diagnosis/legislation & jurisprudence/psychology and Child, Preschool and Diagnosis, Differential and Fantasy and Female and Humans and Interview, Psychological and Mandatory Reporting and Personality Assessment and Suggestion and Truth Disclosure},
  xla = {English},
  note = {Bernet, W Case Reports UNITED STATES J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1997 Jul;36(7):966-70.},
  number = {7},
  xu2 = {Qualitative Research | Evaluation},
  booktitle = {Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry},
  volume = {36},
  abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To illustrate how young children can be induced to make false allegations of sexual abuse. METHOD: The author presents a case that is unusual because elaborate, detailed allegations of sexual abuse came about during a single interview, the interviewer was a baby-sitter rather than a mental health professional, and the interview was recorded on tape. RESULTS: Children can be induced to make elaborate, detailed false statements after being subjected to repetitive, suggestive, and leading questions during a single interview. CONCLUSIONS: Child abuse investigators should determine the origin and evolution of allegations of abuse. Children should not be removed from their parents if is likely that the allegations against the parents are false.},
  pages = {966-70}
}

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