The Role of False Memories in Wrongful Convictions
Two Toronto defence lawyers set out how false memories reach the criminal courts, and what R. v Tan and R v SKM show about testing recovered-memory evidence.
16 January 2025
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Data reveals only 14 per cent of child sexual abuse claims before Family Court believed to be true by judges
The authors of a new report into findings in Family Court matters where sexual abuse was alleged say they began the project because of a lack of data.
9 August 2021
Child institutional abuse probe’s approach under fire
Senior trauma and memory researchers say the $500 million royal commission has adopted a misguided victim-advocacy role and published “ethically dubious” research.
30 September 2017