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  • Title: Forensic psychiatry in France: the Outreau case and false allegations of child sexual abuse.
    Author: Bensussan P.
    Journal: Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am; 2011 Jul; 20(3):519-32. PubMed ID: 21683917.
    Abstract:
    During the Outreau case in France, 13 individuals were falsely accused of child sexual abuse and incarcerated. The author of this article testified as a psychiatric expert when the convictions were appealed. He explains how purposeful false statements by adults, inept expert witnesses, and the judicial assumption that children do not lie converged to create a tragic legal outcome. This article explains how psychiatric experts should conduct evaluations in cases of alleged child sexual abuse.
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