Citation

Rieser M. Child Welf. 1991; 70(6): 611-621.

Affiliation

Support Center for Child Advocates, Philadelphia, PA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Child Welfare League of America)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1769245

Abstract

This article pulls together coherently a rather sparse literature on children's not infrequent retraction of their earlier disclosure of having been sexually abused. Evidence to date indicates that very few originally lied. The pressures and circumstances that underlie recantation are multiple, and suggestions are made for mitigating them.

Language: en