Title: Good information, clearly presented
Product review: This is a good analysis of the movement to silence survivors of sexual abuse. The essays debunk the junk science of "false memory syndrome" which has been used to discredit survivors. Several take apart the Rind study cited by another reviewer (which has the dubious honor of having been "the first scientific study to be formally denounced by the US House of Representatives" p. 109)). This book was originally published as a double issue of the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, which uses a double-blind peer-review process: this means their scientific credibility meets a high standard. Don't let that scare you off: the essays are also readable. Useful when read alongside the work of Bessel van der Kolk, Jennifer Freyd, Alice Miller, and Babette Rothschild. --Janine Goodwin
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