@article{ref1,
title="Making the case for victims' privacy in civil sexual abuse lawsuits",
journal="Psychological injury and law",
year="2021",
author="Phipps-Yonas, Susan",
volume="14",
number="1",
pages="71-76",
abstract="Requirements that an adult plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit involving childhood sexual abuse cannot proceed without revealing their legal names or identities could constitute a form of revictimization for that person. When courts deny the right for an individual to file claims in cases like this, using a pseudonym, or to keep private their abuse history from collaterals who have no information relevant to their claims, the harms already suffered by a victim/survivor could be magnified. Many of the same traumagenic dynamics that had operated years earlier related to the abuse could play out as the plaintiff experiences a loss of power, a likelihood of being stigmatized, and a sense of betrayal by the jurisdictional system of justice. In these types of cases, the laws and policies involved need to be trauma-informed and to protect plaintiffs from potential harm when their rights are not considered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1938-971X",
doi="10.1007/s12207-021-09401-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12207-021-09401-5"
}