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  • Title: The admissibility of evidence in child sexual abuse cases.
    Author: Gothard S.
    Journal: Child Welfare; 1987; 66(1):13-24. PubMed ID: 3816337.
    Abstract:
    Testimony in court by child victims of sexual abuse results in further trauma, frequently inconsistent or retracted accusations, and, in incest cases, exacerbation of family difficulties. A number of states have liberalized rules of evidence in such instances to spare the child; some states have enacted legislation simplifying introduction of the child's out-of-court statements, although the constitutionality of these statutes has yet to be tested.
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