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Sexual abuse litigation: A difficult journey through unfamiliar territory

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)73-95
Number of pages23
JournalJournal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma
Volume3
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2000

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Health Professions (miscellaneous)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

Keywords

  • Adversarial
  • Attorney self-evaluation
  • Client's motivation to pursue litigation
  • Costs of litigation
  • Defendant's rights
  • Defense strategies
  • Ego strength of survivor
  • Emotional justice versus legal justice
  • Empirical nature of litigation
  • Narrative versus historical truth
  • Professional boundaries
  • Psychological and behavioral effects of CSA
  • Psychological effects of litigation on client
  • Right of privacy
  • Support systems for client
  • Triangularization
  • Unpredictability of litigation

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