Faller K C
Child Abuse Negl. 1984;8(4):473-81. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(84)90029-2.
In order to adequately investigate an allegation of sexual abuse, professionals must both understand the motives of the victim, perpetrator, and victim's mother (in incest cases) to lie or tell the truth and possess the techniques for examining the child's story. Children almost never make up stories about being sexually abused. In fact victims are often revictimized in multiple ways for truthfully asserting they have been sexually abused. Perpetrators usually deny their abusive behavior. Mothers may also have reasons for not acknowledging the sexual abuse. Within this larger framework, the evaluator should systematically explore the allegation in order to assure the story is true. First, in examining the story, the evaluator looks for a detailed description of events surrounding the sexual abuse, explicit information about sexual behavior told from a child's viewpoint, and an emotional response consistent with their statement. Second, the evaluator buttresses the information with other data: statements the child has made to other people about the sexual abuse; sexual content in the child's play, picture drawing or story telling; sexual behavior on the child's part; sexual knowledge beyond what one would expect for the child's age; and symptomatic behavior indicative of stress.
为了充分调查性虐待指控，专业人员必须既要了解受害者、施虐者以及（在乱伦案件中的）受害者母亲说谎或说实话的动机，又要掌握审查儿童陈述的技巧。儿童几乎从不编造遭受性虐待的故事。事实上，受害者常常因如实宣称自己遭受性虐待而以多种方式再次受到伤害。施虐者通常会否认自己的虐待行为。母亲们也可能有不承认性虐待的理由。在这个更大的框架内，评估人员应系统地探究该指控，以确保陈述属实。首先，在审查陈述时，评估人员要寻找对性虐待相关事件的详细描述、从儿童视角讲述的关于性行为的明确信息，以及与他们的陈述相符的情绪反应。其次，评估人员要用其他数据来支持这些信息：儿童向其他人讲述性虐待的陈述；儿童玩耍、画画或讲故事中的性内容；儿童自身的性行为；超出其年龄应有的性知识；以及表明压力的症状性行为。
