Rámce a roviny krivých obvinení zo sexuálneho zneužívania detí
Frames and Levels of False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse

Summary/Abstract: The study addresses the question of child sexual abuse (CSA) prevalence and the issue of its latency. It highlights that an effort to identify CSA cases is exposed to a double risk of false conclusions (false positive and false negative conclusions). It stresses that unsubstantiated and untrue allegations are not synonymous to false allegations and it offers an overview of a theoretical model of pathways toward untrue allegations of CSA. The study summarizes the results and limits of foreign research on prevalence of false accusations of CSA. It clarifies why neither experts’ experience nor systematic methods of victim statement credibility assessment are fully reliable tools for false CSA allegations detection. It encourages prudent attitude toward confident claims regarding the occurrence of false CSA allegations.

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