Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: The interface between psychiatry and the law has become common place. Reliance on psychiatry has certainly \nconduced to more informed court decisions to which it deserves high praise. With specific regard to Post- \nTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a host of court decisions abound on the critical role that PTSD-evidence has \nplayed in informing court decisions over the years. The role of PTSD-evidence, however, remains at its crawling \nstages in child sexual abuse (CSA) cases despite the potential it bears in effectively prosecuting these cases. \nThis article draws on randomly selected CSA judgments to offer insight on the exact place and role of PTSDevidence \nin CSA prosecutions.
Authors: Philip G. Stevens, Emma Charlene Lubaale
Institution: University of Pretoria
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2500636625