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11/03/2008
New Book Published by Dr. Kathryn Kuehnle
Dr. Kathryn Kuehnle's new book with Wiley Publishers, entitled : "The Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse Allegations: A Comprehensive Guide to Assessment and Testimony".
A thorough guide offering a research-based approach to the evaluation and assessment of child sexual abuse allegations.
The Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse Allegations: A Comprehensive Guide to Assessment and Testimony is the most in-depth and practical guide available for forensic psychologists and other mental health professionals working on child sexual abuse cases. Reflecting the current knowledge in the field, this thorough yet accessible guide explores:
• Well-established empirical findings on decision-making and the relationship to
false negative and positive errors in cases of alleged child sexual abuse
• The difficulties in conducting reliable and meaningful research
• Children’s behavior and the fallacy of symptoms as markers when child sexual
abuse is suspected
• The impact of Megan’s Law on children with sexual behavior problems
• The literature concerning children’s susceptibility to suggestion
• Controversies within the field including repeated interviews, inconsistencies in children’s statements, and recantations of sexual abuse allegations
• The effectiveness of using props, including dolls, drawings, and photographs, to
make memory more accessible for verbal reporting