Motion to Exclude Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS) Testimony
This motion challenges a forensic child abuse investigator’s attempt to bolster a child complainant’s credibility in a sexual assault case through testimony about Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome (CSAAS). Drawing on social science and precedent, the motion argues that CSAAS testimony is not admissible under FRE 702 & Daubert because it is not scientifically reliable […]
Amicus brief in support of admitting expert testimony on the science of false memories in a child sexual abuse prosecution
Pgs. 7-8 – summarize scientific research describing how people create entirely false memories, a study of false memory creation, and a list of false memory risk factors, particularly for children. Pgs. 9-10 – explain how interview techniques can create false memories in children, even false memories that do not seem to directly relate to the […]
Motion to Preclude Expert – Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome
Overview of flaws in proposed testimony explaining how children respond in aftermath of sexual abuse