Memory and childhood abuse : the psychological evidence
Seymour, Fred W.
Memory and childhood abuse : the psychological evidence Seymour, Fred W. - 1996 - 11 p.; computer file : World Wide Web - Waikato Law Review .
This article is one of 8 in a special issue of this journal on domestic violence. The whole issue is available here: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/law/research/waikato_law_review/volume_4,_issue_1,_1996 Waikato Law Review 4(1) 1996 : 155-166
This article critically examines the psychological evidence on the various issues of forgotten or repressed memories of childhood abuse, with an emphasis on childhood sexual abuse. The issue of whether forgetting occurs, whether memories are 'repressed', and whether fake memories are possible, is discussed. The evidence for whether false memories are produced in therapy and therapists use of memory recovery techniques is also critically examined. The question of whether psychologists can assist in criminal trials is briefly covered.
CHILDREN
JUSTICE
NEGLECT
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
SOCIAL SERVICES
CHILD ABUSE
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
NEW ZEALAND
Memory and childhood abuse : the psychological evidence Seymour, Fred W. - 1996 - 11 p.; computer file : World Wide Web - Waikato Law Review .
This article is one of 8 in a special issue of this journal on domestic violence. The whole issue is available here: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/law/research/waikato_law_review/volume_4,_issue_1,_1996 Waikato Law Review 4(1) 1996 : 155-166
This article critically examines the psychological evidence on the various issues of forgotten or repressed memories of childhood abuse, with an emphasis on childhood sexual abuse. The issue of whether forgetting occurs, whether memories are 'repressed', and whether fake memories are possible, is discussed. The evidence for whether false memories are produced in therapy and therapists use of memory recovery techniques is also critically examined. The question of whether psychologists can assist in criminal trials is briefly covered.
CHILDREN
JUSTICE
NEGLECT
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
SOCIAL SERVICES
CHILD ABUSE
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
NEW ZEALAND