- Child abuse industry
A term signifying the large amounts of money available to professionals involved in the investigation and prosecution of
child abuse .Usually
pejorative , implying that many accusations of child abuse are false and amount toextortion . Inclusive of all professionals involved in the process, especially psychologists who might elicitfalse memory or provide follow-up victim counseling either sincerely or as a charade. Also implies the tactical advantages of such false accusations when obtaining judgments forchild custody and especiallychild support .To a lesser degree, refers to the publicity and concomitant commerce caused by accounts of child abuse in celebrity autobiography.
ee also
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domestic violence
*witch-hunt
*McMartin preschool
*Elizabeth Loftus
*Richard_Gardner External links
* [http://www.ra-info.org/library/books/by-topic/fms.shtml Ritual Abuse: The Controversy]
* [http://www.ncrj.org/ National Center for Reason and Justice]
* [http://www.stopbadtherapy.com/experts/experts.shtml The "Experts" Debunked]
* [http://www.science-spirit.org/article_detail.php?article_id=403 The Memory Wars]
* [http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/ The Leadership Council]
* http://www.stopbadtherapy.com/
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