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Inform Yourself
Absolute Essentials
- Harmful but Widely Believed Myths
- Reliability and Suggestibility of Child Witnesses
- Psychologists as “Expert” Witnesses
- If You Are Falsely Accused
An Extensive Bibliography
Additional Information You Can Read Online
- Our brochure in PDF format. Print out and use as you wish.
Classic Sex Panic Cases
- Articles by NCRJ Director Debbie Nathan:
- The Ritual Sex Abuse Hoax
(A Must Read) - Revisiting Country Walk
- I’m Sorry. A McMartin accuser admits that he lied.
- The Ritual Sex Abuse Hoax
- Read our Press Release on the Release of Bernard Baran!
- A Day Care Witchhunt Tests Justice in Massachusetts
by NCRJ Advisor Carol Tavris. - Picture of Injustice
. An excellent article about the movie, Capturing the Friedmans, by NCRJ Advisor, Harvey Silverglate. - The Passion of Father Paul Shanley
. An analysis of a notorious recovered-memory case. By JoAnn Wypijewski.
The Myth of “Repressed” Memory
- An excellent op-ed — “The Folklore of Buried memories” — by Dr. Richard McNally.
- Articles by NCRJ Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Loftus .
- Articles by NCRJ Director Mark Pendergrast:
- Read our letter to the California Supreme Court.
- Dr. Richard McNally’s letter to that Court.
- Memories Improbable: “Recovered Memories” in Perspective by Dr. Travis Gee. (1995: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) PhD comprehensive examination paper. Archival or distribution of this document must be approved by Dr. Gee. Email requests to the NCRJ. (PDF format, 713k)
False Confessions
- Untrue Confessions by NCRJ Director Emily Horowitz
The Sex Offender: Rational and Irrational Approaches
- No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the US.
An excellent report from Human Rights Watch. - “Towards More Effective Sex Offense Legislation.” From the Research Volunteers at the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, Inc. This report quotes NCRJ Director Judith Levine.
- Growing Media and Legal Attention to Sex Offenders: More Safety or More Injustice?
by NCRJ Director Emily Horowitz. - Cruel and Unusual: Levine on Sex Offenders by NCRJ Director Judith levine.
Legal and Scientific Approaches
- Child Sexual Abuse Investigations: Lessons Learned. Writers include NCRJ Diroctor Debbie Nathan and NCRJ Advisor Dr. James Wood.
- State of Michigan Protocol for Proper Forensic Interviewing of Children Alleged to Have Been Sexually Abused. Developed by NCRJ Advisor, Dr. Debra Poole. PDF Format.
- Suggestibility, reliability, and the legal process
. An excellent article by attorney Robert Rosenthal. - The Government Accounting Office Report on the Cycle-of-Abuse Theory
Some Book Reviews
- Review of Harmful to Minors by Dr. Carol Tavris
- Review of Actual Innocence by Mark Pendergrast