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Due Process and the Admission of Expert Evidence on Recovered Memory in Historic Child Sexual Abuse Cases: Lessons from America

Ring, Sinéad (2012) Due Process and the Admission of Expert Evidence on Recovered Memory in Historic Child Sexual Abuse Cases: Lessons from America. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 16 (1). pp. 66-92. ISSN 1365-7127. (doi:10.1350/ijep.2012.16.1.392) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:33235)

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Abstract

This article reviews the decisions of the US state courts on the admissi-

bility of expert testimony on recovered memory in historic child sexual abuse

prosecutions. Unlike their English and Irish counterparts, most US courts

scrutinise the reliability of expert evidence on recovered memory. In examining

the US decisions the article explores the challenges posed to the criminal

process by the contested scientific status of recovered memory theory. It sets out

due process arguments why expert evidence on the topic should not be

admitted in a criminal trial.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1350/ijep.2012.16.1.392
Uncontrolled keywords: Expert evidence; Recovered memory; Due process; Historic child sexual abuse prosecutions; the United States; Ireland; England and Wales; Law Commission
Subjects: K Law
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: Sarah Slowe
Date Deposited: 14 Feb 2013 12:02 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:10 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/33235 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Ring, Sinéad.

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