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Title: Dangerous and unscientific
Review: This book posits that mental health professionals can, merely by observing the verbal and non-verbal interactions between a child and a parent suspected of sexually abusing the child, arrive at an accurate conclusion regarding the presence or absence of abuse. Nothing could be further from the truth, and there is nothing in the scientific literature to suggest that such a thing is possible. The fact that a reputable organization such as the Kempe Institute would lend its name to this book and the protocol it suggests is disturbing to say the least. There is not a shred of statistical or empirical evidence to back up these claims and I shudder to think of the amount of harm to families this book caused. Pseudo science like this creates a situation in which the guilty go unpunished, and the innocent have their families destroyed.
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