Seeking Justice in Child Sexual Abuse: Shifting Burdens and Sharing Responsibilities Book

Note to the Reader vii

1 Child Sexual Abuse: Legal Burdens and Scientific Methods Karen M. Staller Frank E. Vandervort 1

Part I People, Personalities, and Protocol Development

2 Prosecutors and a Protocol: Switching Doors and Staying in Place Karen M. Staller 35

3 Sex Busters Jim Henry 69

Part II Protocol as Process

4 Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse: Interviewing Victims and Interrogating Suspects Kathleen Coulborn Faller 89

5 Professional Practitioners' Views on Videotaping: Capturing and Conveying a Child's Story Karen M. Staller Frank E. Vandervort 113

6 Polygraph Magic Kathleen Coulborn Faller 141

7 Shifting the Narrative Burden Throughout Investigations and Prosecutions of Child Sexual Abuse Elana D. Buch 166

8 Shouldering the Shifted Burden: The Defense Attorneys Frank E. Vandervort 194

9 Victim and Offender Treatment and Therapeutic Justice Kathleen Coulborn Faller 225

Part III The Overall Process and Concluding Lessons

10 People, Protocol, and Process: The Inman Case Karen M. Staller 251

11 Conclusions from the Study of St. Mary Country Karen M. Staller 286

Bibliography 315

Contributors and Members of the Research Team 333

Index 337