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NEWS ARCHIVES |
| Dec. 28, 2009 |
LC members interviewed regarding Delaware pediatrician sex abuse case |
| Oct. 14, 2009 |
States must reform a system that too often awards custody to the abusive parent (Christian Science Monitor) |
| Sept. 30, 2009 |
Wendy Murphy's open letter to Whoopi Goldberg Ms. Murphy wonders why Whoopi Goldberg means when she said that while Roman Polanski committed rape, it wasn't "rape rape". |
| Sept. 15, 2009 |
HealthDay -
Spanking is bad for children's development - New research shows that children who are spanked as 1-year-olds are more likely to behave aggressively and perform worse on cognitive tests as toddlers than children who are not spanked. |
| July 7, 2009 |
Press release Repressed Memory challenge is itself challenged. Two years after two Harvard psychiatrists published a controversial paper on repressed memory, Brown University political scientist Ross Cheit challenges the paper's integrity and its implications suggesting that it
contained misrepresentations of the state of the science regarding memory for trauma.
Cheit has additional information and examples at his website http://www.recoveredmemory.org |
| April 2009 |
Several members of the LC board contribute to new book Tempest in the Temple:
Jewish Communities and Child Sex Scandals which exposes the hidden problem of sexual abuse in Jewish communities.The book includes a chapter
titled "Out of the Jewish Closet: Facing the Hidden Secrets of Child Sex Abuse – And the Damage Done to Victims" by LC board members Joyanna Silberg and Stephanie Dallam. Read a review. |
| Mar 17, 2009 |
The Report on Physical Punishment in the United States What Research Tells Us About Its Effects on Children
synthesized 100 years of research on physical punishment
and found little evidence that physical punishment improves children's behavior in the long term. Instead, there is
substantial research evidence that physical punishment makes it more, not less, likely that children will be defiant and aggressive in the future.
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| Mar 9, 2009 |
Domestic Abuse Myths: Five mistakes we make when we talk about Rihanna and Chris Brown's relationship (Newsweek). |
| Feb 10, 2009 |
Experts Warn About Dangers of Deprogramming Treatment |
| Jan 26, 2009 |
LC Board member Richard Kluft is expert consultant on new Showtime series United States of Tara. For more information on Dissociative Identity Disorder and commentary on each episode click here. |
| Sept 24, 2008 |
Child Abuse Professionals Rally Around American Fugitive Returning to the US After 14 Years in Hiding. |
| Sept 21, 2008 |
Article: Children should not have to run away from America in order to escape child abuse |
| Aug 6, 2008 |
Press Release: Child Abuse Experts Seek To Protect Abused Children from Defense Attorneys |
| July 30, 2008 |
A battered woman who is a wanted fugitive and kidnapper in the United States, granted asylum in the Netherlands. |
| May 2008 |
Child abuse experts speak out: We must do better |
| Feb 2008 |
New publication by CDC: The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan |
| Jan 2008 |
Herschel Walker, former football player and 1982 Heisman trophy winner, recently revealed has spent his life quietly battling the effects of dissociative identity disorder (formly known as multiple personality disorder) (more). |
| Oct 2007 |
CHOICE Magazine, the magazine of the American Library Association, chose LC board member
Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea's
Perversion of Power has one of their outstanding books of 2007. (read review) |
| Aug 15, 2007 |
Child Abuse Organization Under Pressure from Male Activists |
| Apr 23, 2007 |
The Leadership Council Responds to Alec Baldwin's Phone Message |
| Mar 10, 2007 |
 New book by LC board member
Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea, Ph.D.
Perversion of Power: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church (Vanderbilt University Press). She was the only mental health professional to speak to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at the 2002 meeting where the crisis was first seriously addressed.
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| Jan 27, 2007 |
Letter to the Editor by LC President Paul Fink published in the Wall Street Journal. The letter was in response to attorney Theodore J. Boutrous', op-ed about the California Supreme Court's upcoming decision in Taus v. Loftus. |
| Oct. 27, 2006 |
Memory expert Elizabeth Loftus in the news.
Elizabeth Loftus, a founding member of the controversial "False Memory Syndrome Foundation", has been retained by the defense in the case against Vice President Cheney's top aide "Scooter" Libby. The defense wants to admit her testimony in order to educate the court regarding "how memory works and why it fails" at Libby's trial on charges of making false statements to federal investigators. More information regarding Loftus' controversial background, testimony and the limitations of her research, can be found in our analysis of Taus v. Loftus. |
| Nov. 2006 |
"Please Daddy, No" O, The Oprah Magazine by Jan Goodwin "We lock up adults who molest children -- but what if the molester is the child's parent? All too often, an outrageous quirk of the law know as the incest loophole metes out only a slap on the wrist and sends the father (or mother) home to abuse again." |
| Oct. 2, 2006 |
Dr. Paul Fink's response to Newsweek story (Oct 2, 2006) |
| Sept. 25, 2006 |
Newsweek quotes LC members on PAS (Fighting Over the Kids) |
| July 12, 2006 |
Press Release: - Child Abuse Experts Applaud Legal Community for Rejecting Parental Alienation Syndrome |
| June 18, 2006 |
Mom termed 'parental alienator' wins rare vindication in courts. L.A. Daily News
Discusses the case of Irene Jensen and her daughter Tiffany-Ann. They battled the family court and child protective systems for 13 years to save Tiffany from an allegedly abusive fatherwho gained custody after convincing the courts his wife was an "alienator". |
| May 2006 |
Article challenging the legal admissibility of Parental Alienation Syndrome published in Children’s Legal Rights Journal (PDF) more information on PAS |
| May 8, 2006 |
The sins of the fathers. The Guardian (UK)
Interviews three women and details their experiences in family court. Concludes: "The little-known but astonishing truth about the family justice system is that it routinely grants contact orders to men who have been violent towards their partner and children."
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| April 11, 2006: |
The Leadership Council's amicus brief is accepted by the California Supreme Court in Taus v. Loftus et al. more |
| Jan/Feb 2006 |
The Leadership Council's analysis of popular "Custody Myths" published in Sexual Assault Report |
| Nov 1, 2005 |
"Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories" premiers Thursday, Oct. 20th at 10 pm ET on most PBS stations (check local listings) This documentary chronicles the impact of family violence on children and the recurring failings of family courts across the country to protect them from their abusers. [op ed ] |
| Sept 28, 2005 |
Haworth stopped publication on a book containing a chapter by Bruce Rind that seeks to normalize sexual relations between adult men and underage boys. The LC has done extensive research on Dr. Rind's efforts in this area -- Read about Rind's work |
| Aug 19, 2005 |
Our letter published in top scientific journal Science |
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Taus v. Loftus et al. Why is this case important? |
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Jackson Trial Blog : Experts on abuse, trauma, and memory offer commentary on issues raised by the criminal trial of Michael Jackson. |
Apr 27, 2005 |
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| April 22, 2005 |
Child sex abuse policy recommendations published in the journal Science (April 22, vol. 308, #5721)
Scientific study of CSA is currently under-funded, obscured by contentious forensic controversy, and fragmented by discipline. The authors recommend interdisciplinary consensus panels and increased intellectual investment in CSA research, prevention, intervention, and education |
| April 21, 2005 |
Recommendations for Child Sex Abuse Prevention (NPR)
Interview with psychology Professor Jennifer Freyd. She has put out a policy recommendation to improve how society deals with the problem of child sexual abuse. |
| April 4, 2005 |
Pulitzer Prize winner: The 30-Year Secret. Reporter Nigel Jaquiss, of Willamette Week an alternative weekly newspaper in Portland , Oregon , was awarded the investigative-reporting prize for his expose of a former Oregon governor's long-hidden sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl. |
| April 3, 2005 |
Myths cover up further tragedies in episodes of child molestation
(San Francisco Chronicle )
What leads so many men to molest their own children or the children of their friends? The cause "is a profound puzzle for all of us..." |
| April 2005 |
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Safe Children and Healthy Families are a Shared Responsibility is the theme of the 2005 National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. |
| Mar 21, 2005 |
Jackson's Troubling Trial (US News and World Report ) |
| Mar 9, 2005 |
The LC-- "Million Dollar Baby" Connection
On March 9th, the New York Times ran a front page article featuring Katie Dallam and her sister, our research associate and Secretary, Stephanie Dallam. Katie's personal tragedy is believed to have been the inspiration for the award winning movie "Million Dollar Baby." The article Far From Hollywood, a Boxer Whose Dreams Died in the Ring describes Katie's struggle to survive following life-threatening injuries from being savagely beaten in 1996, and Stephanie's heroic and dedicated efforts to nurse her back to health. MORE |
| Feb 2005 |
Dr. Kinsler's response to Susan Clancy's statement in the Boston Globe that, "For children, sexual abuse is rarely painful or terrifying at the time it occurs." |
| Jan 2005 |
Shanley Trial Blog : Commentary by members of the LC on issues raised by the criminal trial of Paul Shanley --the former Boston priest who was convicted of child rape. |
| 2004 |
The LC responds to popular myths about child sexual abuse |
| Nov 2003 |
The LC responds to movie Capturing the Friedmans |
| Nov 2003 |
Beyond the Bogeyman: We need to develop a more mature perspective on the child molester by Katy Butler, Psychotherapy Networker |
| Feb. 2003 |
Commentary: Response to Media Reports on Loftus' Bugs Bunny Study by Jennifer J. Freyd, University of Oregon |
| Sept 3, 2002 |
Children In Peril (Washington Post) |
| Aug 15, 2002 |
Press Release: Recovered Memories: Can They Be True? What research shows about remembering forgotten abuse |
| Apr 19, 2002 |
Endorsement of Adult-Child Sex on Rise (Washington Times) |
| Apr 17, 2002 |
Experts debate impact, gray areas of adult-child sex (USA Today) |
| Apr 16, 2002 |
Book Blasted for Views on Childhood Sexuality (Philadelphia Inquirer) |
| Apr 15, 2002 |
Apologists for Pedophilia (U.S. News and World Report) |
| Mar 2002 |
Controversial Studies Push Change in Society's View of Pedophilia ( Newhouse News Service ) |
| Dec 19, 2001 |
Study Refutes Finding That Boys Benefit from Sex With Adults (Cybercast News Service) |
| Jan 2001 |
"Pedophilia Chic" Reconsidered: The Taboo Against Sex with Children Continues to Erode. (Weekly Standard) |
