PSYC 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Satanic Ritual Abuse, Elizabeth Loftus, Michelle Smith
6 May 2016
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Psychiatrist said that with puppets, kids demonstrated what had been done, 90% of the kids showed real knowledge of sexual abuse o would ask if they played naked games, kids would initially say no, the therapist would not accept this answer, interviewer keeps repeating, kids realise interview wont end until interviewer gets and answer that they want o many questions were highly suggestable o no evidence of the satanic abuse claims (animal carcases, fluids ect: number of cases kept growing, this many people could not be doing this to this many people without leaving any evidence behind, only buckey and his mothers case went to trial o cross examined children, after lengthy cross examination, some children"s parents would not let them examine o kids were not allowed to say in their own words what had happened o buckey not guilty.
