Reasons Women Make Various False Sexual Allegations -clinically or Legally Documented-

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  • Frank S. Zepezauer
چکیده

In a 1988 study by Wakefield and Underwagner 1 , 1990, it was reported that molestation charges in divorces are probably false 1/3 of the time. One study in 1988 by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts reported 75% of the false allegations in divorces were affected by emotional instability or mental illness (Divorchak, 1992) 2 . They noted there was a tendency to emphasize what the victim felt, or perceived, rather than what really happened: “Thus a woman can truthfully say she felt raped, abused or harassed by behavior which is substantially noncriminal”.

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تاریخ انتشار 2009