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Child sexual abuse and false memory syndrome / edited by Robert A. Baker.

Title
Child sexual abuse and false memory syndrome / edited by Robert A. Baker.
Publication
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1998.

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Baker, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1921-2005.
Description
479 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
In an effort to bring scientific understanding to this complex and highly emotional controversy, psychologist Robert A. Baker has collected important essays by noted experts on child sexual abuse.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Preface: The Statement of the Problem / Robert A. Baker -- Introduction: Hidden Memories: Fact or Fancy? / Barry L. Beyerstein and James R. P. Ogloff -- Pt. 1. Memory and its Recovery. 1. Remembering Dangerously / Elizabeth F. Loftus. 2. The Shadow of a Doubt / Mary Sykes Wylie. 3. The Seductions of Memory / Michael D. Yapko. 4. Facing the Truth about False Memory / David Calof. 5. Children's Memories for Stressful Events / Gail S. Goodman, Jodi E. Hirschman and Debra Hepps McKee [et al.] -- Pt. 2. Repression and Amnesia. 6. The Evidence for Repression: An Examination of Sixty Years of Research / David S. Holmes. 7. Can Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse Be Repressed? / Harrison G. Pope, Jr. and James I. Hudson. 8. Forgetting Sexual Trauma: What Does It Mean When 38% Forget? / Elizabeth F. Loftus, Maryanne Garry and Julie Feldman. 9. Repressed Memories: True and False / Andrew D. Reisner -- Pt. 3. Hypnosis, Suggestion, and Iatrogenesis.
  • 10. Suggestibility and Repressed Memories of Abuse: A Survey of Psychotherapists' Beliefs / Michael D. Yapko. 11. Making Monsters / Richard Ofshe and Ethan Watters. 12. The Validity of Repressed Memories and the Accuracy of Their Recall Through Hypnosis: A Case Study from the Courtroom / Donald R. Tayloe. 13. The Memory Retrieval Process in Incest Survivor Therapy / Christine A. Courtois -- Pt. 4. Professional Problems and Ethical Issues. 14. The Professional Response to Child Sexual Abuse: Whose Interests Are Served? / Frank D. Fincham, Steven R. H. Beach and Thom Moore [et al.]. 15. How Reliable Are Children's Statements? ... It Depends / Stephen J. Ceci and Maggie Bruck. 16. Avoiding False Claims of Child Sexual Abuse: Empty Promises / Kathy Pezdek. 17. Child Sexual Abuse: Finding Common Ground / Frank D. Fincham, Steven R. H. Beach and Thom Moore [et al.]. 18. Child Sexual Abuse: Ethical Issues for the Family Therapist / Beth Haverkamp and Judith C. Daniluk --
  • Pt. 5. Research, Needed Research, and Legal Implications. 19. The Impact of Child Sexual Abuse: A Review of the Research / Angela Brown and David Finkelhor. 20. Child Witnesses: Translating Research into Policy / Stephen J. Ceci and Maggie Bruck. 21. Recovered Memories of Alleged Sexual Abuse: Lawsuits against Parents / Hollida Wakefield and Ralph Underwager -- Pt. 6. Summary and Conclusions. 22. Where Do We Go from Here? / Robert A. Baker.
ISBN
1573921823 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
97040899
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries