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The Politics of Child Abuse [Hardcover]

Paul Eberle (Author), Shirley Eberle (Author)
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Reports of child abuse are on the rise across the United States. Several currently headlined cases are explored by the Eberles, Los Angeles freelance journalists, in their effort to bring the criminal justice system under scrutiny. Beginning with the notorious case of the McMartin preschool in Southern California, they inspect other trials that hinge on the testimony of children. Serious questions are raised about children under pressure: Are they coached and manipulated? The Eberles level charges at so-called political careerists who conduct what the authors describe as a "child abuse witch hunt." This is reporting designed to shock and effect action, focusing on abused adults who have been deprived of rights, victims as well as the children. 15,000 first printing.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • Hardcover: 319 pages
  • Publisher: Lyle Stuart (November 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0818404159
  • ISBN-13: 978-0818404153
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,303,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars They should have been put in jail, December 28, 2005
This review is from: The Politics of Child Abuse (Hardcover)
The December 1988 issue of Ms. Magazine summed it all up:

The Politics of Child Abuse is a book that accuses mothers, mental health professionals, and prosecutors of feeding children stories about sexual abuse. Since the book was published by Lyle Stuart in l986, the Eberles have been cited as experts in sexual abuse trials ... What is startling about the Eberles' reputation as ground-breaking experts in the field is that their dubious credentials have not been widely challenged ... Their publication, Finger, depicted scenes of bondage, S & M, and sexual activities involving urination and defecation. A young girl portrayed with a wide smile on her face sits on top of a man whose penis is inside of her; a woman has oral sex with a young boy in a drawing entitled `Memories of My Boyhood'.

I suggest anyone wanting to use this book as "proof" that there is such a thing as "false memory" try to find more credible experts. Unfortunately, nearly everyone in this "field", including Elizabeth Loftus, are, in my opinion, of the same dubious background as the Eberles. You should first read up on what Alex Constantine has to say about FMS before buying any more of this codswallop. You need more evidence? Look up the article on the Eberles by Maria Laurina on Google. I rest my case.
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6 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WORTH READING, May 5, 1999
This review is from: The Politics of Child Abuse (Hardcover)
In this novel the authors; Paul & Shirley Eberle, explore the corrupt world of child protection services. They provide a very convincing and intellegent arguement that the very government agencies that are supose to protect children are infact the ones who cause the most harm.

By the end of this novel you will not help but agree with the author's theory that a child abuse industry does indeed exist.

This industry mainly consists of social workers, police, and poliicians. You will find that the purpose of the industry is to find as many "victims" as they can. The methods they use to acomplish this goal are morally bankrupt. They brainwash little children to believe that they have been sexually molested when they clearly have not been. Their motives for doing this are new grants for child abuse clinics, promotions, and politcal gain.

In conclusion I would recomend this novel to everyone. Or more specifically I would recomend this novel to people who are interested in reading about justice or more correctly in this case injustice.

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