Psychology, Public Policy and Law reacts to the amicus brief of the Committee of Concerned Social Scientists filed in the Margaret Kelly Michaels case in New Jersey

False Allegations ~ False Accusations ~ Recovered Memories

sexual abuse ~ sexual assault ~ child molestation ~ rape of child

sexual offender profiles ~ pedophiles ~ supervised visitation ~ custody

fathers' rights ~ grandparents' rights ~ men's rights

stranger rape ~ student rape ~ spousal rape

sexual harassment ~ executive separation agreements

Psychology, Public Policy and Law:
Reaction to Amicus Brief
of
Committee of Concerned Social Scientists
in State of New Jersey v.
Margaret Kelly Michaels

The special theme of the June 1995 issue (Volume 1, Number 2, of Psychology, Public Policy, and Law was the suggestibility of child witnesses as discussed in the social science amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in State of New Jersey v. Margaret Kelly Michaels .

One editorial and fifteen articles were included in the issue:

Editorial by Bruce D. Sales
State of New Jersey v. Margaret Kelly Michaels: An Overview by Robert Rosenthal
Amicus Brief for the Case of State of New Jersey v. Michaels, presented by Committee of Concerned Social Scientists by Maggie Bruck and Stephen J.Ceci
The Expert as Educator: Enhancing the Rationality of Verdicts in Child Sex Abuse Prosecutions by Ronald J. Allen and Joseph S. Miller
Lessons From Akiki and Michaels on Shielding Child Witnesses by Jean Montoya
For the Record: Videotaping Investigative Interviews by Lucy S. McGough
New Era of Skepticism Regarding Children's Credibility by John E. B. Myers
The Child Sex Abuse Syndrome: The Other Major Issue in the State of New Jersey v. Margaret Kelly Michaels by Mary Ann Mason
True and False Memories in Children and Adults: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective by Daniel L. Schacter, Jerome Kagan, and Michelle D. Leichtman
False Allegations and False Denials in Child Sexual Abuse by Thomas D. Lyon
Making Children Into Competent Witnesses: Reactions to the Amicus Brief In Re Michaels by Michael E. Lamb, Kathleen J. Sternberg, and Phillip W. Esplin
The Complexities of Eliciting and Assessing Children's Statements by David Marxsen, John C. Yuille, and Melissa Nisbet
American Psychological Association's (1992) Ethics Code and the Validation of Sexual Abuse in Day-Care Settings by Celia B. Fisher
Training in Child Protective Services: A Commentary on the Amicus Brief of Bruck and Ceci (1993/1995) by John Doris, Rosaleen Mazur, and Marney Thomas
Children's Allegations of Sexual Abuse: Forensic and Scientific Issues: A Reply to Commentators by Stephen J. Ceci, Maggie Bruck, and Robert Rosenthal