Friend Colleen, Snyder Susan M
1 California State University, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
2 Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2017 Mar;32(6):979-1001. doi: 10.1177/0886260516681818.
The article provides an overview of and commentary on the last chapter of Cheit's book, The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology and the Sexual Abuse of Children. The chapter is divided into two sections called "Recent Developments" and "The Legacy of the Witch-Hunt Narrative." We respond to the key assertions in each of those sections, providing discussion points of agreement and disagreement with Cheit, and note some areas Cheit does not cover, including important advances in the aftermath of the witch-hunt narrative (WHN). The article takes the position that there is cause for optimism with these advances in systems responses, child forensic interviewing research, and multidisciplinary team and training approaches; some of these advances are related to the WHN. The conclusion warns of the need to be vigilant about continuing Cheit's work, we suggest this could take place in six key areas: (a) enhanced teacher training, (b) improved court responses to child sexual abuse (CSA) victims, (c) expanded use of Extended Forensic Interviews so that the complex cases (children with disabilities, children from multi problem households) might be thoroughly considered for prosecution, (d) broadened focus on CSA validation, recovery, and prevention, (e) engaged multistate research on the actual occurrence of day care CSA allegations, and (f) expanded efforts to educate the public and potential jury pools about the nuances of CSA prosecution, and the illusion of toughness in how we respond to convicted offenders. Cheit's detailed research enables us to see where we came from, and what else needs to be done to understand the legacy of the WHN.
本文对切特所著《猎巫叙事：政治、心理学与儿童性虐待》一书的最后一章进行了概述与评论。该章分为两个部分，分别是“近期发展”和“猎巫叙事的遗产”。我们对这两个部分中的关键主张做出回应，给出与切特观点一致和不一致的讨论要点，并指出切特未涉及的一些领域，包括猎巫叙事（WHN）之后的重要进展。本文认为，在系统应对措施、儿童法医面谈研究以及多学科团队与培训方法等方面的这些进展令人感到乐观；其中一些进展与猎巫叙事有关。结论部分提醒人们要警惕继续推进切特的工作，我们建议可以在六个关键领域开展：（a）加强教师培训；（b）改善法院对儿童性虐待（CSA）受害者的回应；（c）扩大扩展法医面谈的使用范围，以便在起诉时能全面考虑复杂案件（残疾儿童、来自多问题家庭的儿童）；（d）拓宽对CSA确认、康复和预防的关注；（e）开展多州关于日托机构CSA指控实际发生情况的研究；（f）加大力度向公众和潜在陪审团群体宣传CSA起诉的细微差别，以及我们在回应被定罪罪犯时强硬态度的假象。切特的详细研究使我们能够了解我们的出发点，以及为理解猎巫叙事的遗产还需要做些什么。
