From the Mouths of Babes

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ISBN: 9781882897612 | 1882897617
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/1/2001

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WARNING! Based solely on what one person says to the police, you or anyone you love could be arrested for child sexual abuse. This startling book reveals how you could be treated - or mistreated - by police, the legal system and the media. A candid narrative intended to help others who might be accused understand and cope with a terrifying and overwhelming situation.

Foreword	p. VIII
Purpose	p. IX
Flashback	p. X
How it started	p. I
The Phone Call that Changed Our Lives	p. 1
Modern-Day Tension in America	p. 2
My Background	p. 4
Establishing the Setting	p. 10
Early Days at the "Scene of the Crime"	p. 15
My New Job Teaching Two- and Three-Year-Olds	p. 22
Meeting the "Victim"	p. 25
Second Year of Teaching Two- and Three-Year-Olds	p. 27
How the Class Was Conducted	p. 32
The Mother's Police Statement	p. 35
Welcome to Wonderland	p. 36
Nicaragua	p. 40
Another Police Statement	p. 43
Mom's Call to the Police	p. 45
Emergency Room Exam	p. 45
Rev. Jake Gets Involved	p. 46
One More Statement to the Police	p. 50
Summary of the State's Case	p. 52
A Case of Real Child Abuse	p. 53
The Days Following the Accusation	p. 54
Supportive Co-Workers	p. 58
Polygraph Exam	p. 63
The New Lawyer	p. 67
Can I Get a Witness?	p. 72
The Nightmare that Started It All	p. 75
Bracing for the Long Battle	p. 76
The trial	p. 85
Jury Selection	p. 85
Courtroom Testimony	p. 87
The Child	p. 87
The Child's Mother	p. 91
Emergency Room Nurse	p. 95
Examining Physician	p. 96
State Inspector	p. 97
Children's Church Director	p. 97
Wife of the Children's Church Director	p. 98
Elder #2	p. 100
My Ten-Year-Old Assistant	p. 100
My First Adult Assistant	p. 101
Reverend Jake	p. 101
Child Sex Abuse Expert Witness	p. 108
My Previous Assistant Pastor (First Character Witness)	p. 113
My Own Testimony	p. 114
My Office Mate (Character Witness #2)	p. 119
Another Adult Assistant (Character Witness #3)	p. 120
Closing Arguments: Prosecutor	p. 121
Closing Arguments: Defense	p. 123
Jury Deliberations	p. 125
Newspaper Articles	p. 130
Dismissal of the Lesser Charge	p. 136
Considerations of Legal Action	p. 141
Surviving the trauma	p. 151
Supportive Friends	p. 151
Things the Jury Didn't Know	p. 154
The Most Damaging Thing I Did to Myself	p. 155
The Impact of the Primary Accuser	p. 156
Psychology: Joan	p. 162
Psychology: Reverend Jake	p. 163
Flashback to Salem	p. 169
Psychology: Others	p. 169
Key Ingredients for a Witch-Hunt	p. 170
No Lessons Learned in the World of My Accuser	p. 178
Ongoing problems in america	p. 185
Examples of Modern "Solutions"	p. 185
Other Sunday School Scapegoats: Akiki and Fijnje	p. 188
Innocence Lost	p. 192
My Friend Andrew	p. 194
A Sobering Verse to Consider	p. 199
More about Mary	p. 200
Brittany's Contribution Revisited	p. 205
Misguided Policies	p. 207
Rational Policies	p. 216
Other Elements of Witch-Hunting	p. 218
Suggestibility of Children and Adults	p. 220
Reflections	p. 223
Parallels in the Political World	p. 227
Our Societal Approach Has Got To Change	p. 231
Afterword	p. 239
Bibliography	p. 241
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