Addressing Recantation in Child Sexual Abuse
NCAC Virtual Training Center
It Really Didn’t Happen – Recantations of Child Sexual Abuse
Research to Practice: Considerations for the MDT Approach to Recantation
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Azzopardi, C., Eirich, R., Rash, C. L., MacDonald, S., & Madigan, S. (2018). A meta-analysis of the prevalence of child sexual abuse disclosure in forensic settings. Child Abuse & Neglect, 93, 291-304.
Brink, F. W., Thackeray, J. D., Bridge, J. A., Letson, M. M., & Scribano, P. V. (2015). Child advocacy center multidisciplinary team decision and its association to child protective services outcomes. Child Abuse & Neglect, 46, 174-181.
Chase, E., Sites, J., & Association of Prosecuting Attorneys. (2018). A multidisciplinary team approach to the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases involving recantation. Washington, DC: Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.
Herbert, J., & Bromfield, L. (2017). Better together? A review of evidence for multi-disciplinary teams responding to physical and sexual child abuse. Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 20(2), 214-228.
Leach, C., Powell, M. B., Sharman, S. J., & Anglim, J. (2017). The relationship between children’s age and disclosures of sexual abuse during forensic interviews. Child Maltreatment, 22(1), 79-88.
Leander, L. (2010). Police interviews with child sexual abuse victims: Patterns of reporting, avoidance and denial. Child Abuse & Neglect, 34, 192-205.
Malloy, L. C., Lyon, T. D., & Quas, J. A. (2007). Filial dependency and recantation of child sexual abuse allegations. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46(2), 162-169.
Malloy, L. C., & Mugno, A. P. (2016). Children’s recantation of adult wrongdoing: An experimental investigation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 145, 11-21.
Malloy, L. C., Mugno, A. P., Rivard, J. R., Lyon, T. D., & Quas, J. A. (2016). Familial influences on recantation in substantiated child sexual abuse cases. Child Maltreatment, 21(3), 256-261.
Marx, S. P. (2000). Victim recantation in child sexual abuse cases: A team approach to prevention, investigation, and trial. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 2(2), 105-140.
McElvaney, R. (2019). Helping children tell about their experiences of sexual abuse. Child Abuse Review, 28(2), 166-172.
Morrison, S. E., Bruce, C., & Wilson, S. (2018). Children’s disclosure of sexual abuse: A systematic review of qualitative research exploring barriers and facilitators. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 27(2), 176-194.
Considerations for the Multidisciplinary Team/Children’s Advocacy Center Approach to Recantation: A Research-to-Practice Summary A Research-to-Practice Summary
Recantation in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse A Bibliography
Considerations for the MDT/CAC Approach to Recantation Infographic
