<p>Examines the functions of child protection agencies, discusses the possibility that children are being manipulated to insure that the court system gets its quota of convictions, and looks at new legislation and courtroom procedures</p>

The Politics of Child Abuse

Politics & Social Sciences

Eberle, Paul

Eberle, Shirley

Sociology

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<p>Two investigative journalists uncover the facts behind the costliest child abuse case in history, including the mass hysteria, the lack of evidence, and more. By the authors of The Politics of Child Abuse. 30,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.</p>

The Abuse of Innocence: The McMartin Preschool Trial

Social Sciences

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On August 12, 1983, Judy Johnson called the police and told them her two-year-old son had been sexually abused at Virginia McMartin's Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California. Mrs. Johnson accused a teacher, Raymond Buckey. After searching the school and the homes of the owners and teachers, police distributed a letter to parents of children attending the McMartin Preschool urging them to ask their children if they had witnessed any acts of sexual molestation by Buckey. The result was mass hysteria.Although the children denied being molested or witnessing any molestations, the D.A.'s office began sending them to a private clinic to be interviewed by "evaluators" and examined by pediatricians. Parents were then informed that every child who had attended the McMartin Preschool had been sexually abused, which led to charges being filed against Virginia McMartin, Peggy McMartin Buckey, Raymond and Peggy Ann Buckey and three other teachers at the school. During the hearings, children described how teachers had raped them, forced them to engage in satanic rituals, and slaughtered animals before their eyes. The ensuing trial triggered a nationwide epidemic of child sexual abuse cases with allegations of infants being raped by devil worshippers and of blood sacrifices. The McMartin trial itself clogged the courts for over seven years and cost taxpayers over sixteen million dollars.None of the allegations were true. Investigative journalists Paul and Shirley Eberle witnessed the McMartin Trial and uncovered stunning amounts of prosecutorial misconduct, all revealed in this disturbing book.

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