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These authors believe false allegations of sexual abuse have in recent years become a serious problem. In the past, most child sex abuse cases were discovered when a child spontaneously told someone about it. But now the abuse is often alleged only after an adult began questioning a child. Parents, doctors, teachers, and others have become hypersensitive to the possibility that a child may be sexually abused. Any suspicious circumstance may result in misinterpretation and questioning of a young child who then becomes vulnerable to all of the effects of influence and selective reinforcement. Wh

Interrogation as a Learning Process; The Role of the Psychologist in Assessing Cases of Alleged Child Sexual Abuse; The Competency of Children to Testify: General Issues; The Child Witness and Social Psychology; The Justice System and Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse; Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse; Indicators and Evidence of Child Sexual Abuse; Psychological Assessment of Suspected Victims; Assessment of the Accused; Behavior of Sexual Abusers; Incidence and Demographics of Child Sexual Abuse; False Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse; Suggested Criteria for Distinguishing False Accusations