Incest in the light of false accusations

A. DRIMMER ; J.-C. PLARD ; J. SIGNORET (Paris)

False allegations of sexual abuse in the case of separation and divorce belong to the question of general sexual abuse of children in the sense that they force us to wonder how to differentiate between a real abuse and a false allegation. Through case study, this article show the dynamics of false allegations: the role of the physicians, police, experts, their lack of training and the gross errors they make and the Canadian tools and approaches which could be helpful to avoid them.



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