Re: Requesting info on a study

[Vincent Fish <vfish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Portia--You may be thinking of these:

Theonnes, N., Pearson, J., & Tjaden, P. (1988). Allegations of sexual abuse
in custody and visitation cases. Denver, CO: Association of Family and
Conciliation Courts.
Theonnes, N., & Tjaden, P. (1990). The extent, nature, and validity of
sexual abuse allegations in custody/visitation disputes. Child Abuse and
Neglect, 14, 151-163.

If so, you might also be interested in this article:

McIntosh, J. A., & Prinz, R. J. (1993). The incidence of alleged sexual
abuse in 603 family court cases. Law and Human Behavior, 17, 95-101.

And in the paper by Bala & Schuman, Allegations of sexual abuse when
parents have separated, which can be found here:

http://qsilver.queensu.ca/law/papers/abusaleg.htm

Best wishes, Vince


At 05:36 PM 3/6/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I am hoping that someone on this list may be familiar with a study that was
>completed in the 90's pertaining to the percentage of sexual abuse
>allegations that occur in families where the parents of children are
>divorcing, fighting for custody or have visitation disputes.
>
>The population was 7,000 or 9,000 families.  If you know of this study, I
>would be very grateful if you would post.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Portia A. Davis



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