This paper will examine the inadequacy of responses to cases of child sexual abuse by both the criminal justice system and the Family Court of Australia.
It will focus on the Family Court's acceptance and mis-use of Richard Gardner's discredited American "Parent Alienation Syndrome" (PAS) to transfer abused children from the care of their protective parent to the control of the parent accused of abusing them. The presenter will argue that child sex abuse victims are re-abused by Australia's legal systems.
Conflict of Interest: None disclosed
Financial Support/Funding: None disclosed
Recorded: Sydney, Australia, April 2007
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