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* Original dated: Nov 22 '95, 02:00
                                NEWS RELEASE
                         SEX ABUSE MANUAL ANNOUNCED
Contact: Norman Federnahm
         PEGASUS COMMUNICATIONS
         905-473-2550
Mount Albert, Ontario. -   The most comprehensive book ever published on 
issues surrounding child sex abuse is about to become available to the 
public. "FALSE WITNESS: A Defense Guide and Resourcebook for Caregivers" is 
the result of five years research by author Ted Dentay and is the first 
textbook on the minimum standards for professional conduct of investigators 
of child abuse and members and members of the bar and bench.  This 
resourcebook will prove to be invaluable for physicians, clergy, daycare 
providers, teachers, parent, and anyone involved with childrens group 
activities - all of whom are at risk of false allegations of sex abuse.
"Pray you'll never need this book," Dentay said. "But be aware that this is a 
reflection of the realities of child care into the new millennia. It's not 
Dr. Spock but it is something that should be on your bookshelf next to Dr. 
Spock."
FALSE WITNESS begins with three horrifying cases that had, at their roots, 
failures to observe reasonable norms of professional performance and 
competence. Subjects include current legal interpretations; investigative 
standards (including internationally accepted interview protocols); minimum 
training standards required by front-line workers; physical and behavioral 
symptoms of abuse (the Mayo Clinic's Child Sex Behaviour Inventory, for 
example); psychosexual testing, anatomically detailed dolls and more. Since 
prevention is one of the book's main objectives, `Childproofing the 
Caregiver' is an important part of the work.
A limited number of review copies are available to the media. Interested 
parties are requested to contact the above.
FALSE WITNESS: A Defense Guide and Resourcebook for Caregivers: 210 pp., 
softbound, complete with interview sources and bibliography. Pre-publication 
offer $29.95 (Canadian) (postpaid). After January 20, 1996, $34.95. From 
Pegasus Communications, Rt. 3, Mount Albert, Ontario, LOG 1M0.
Being intelligent is not a felony
But most societies evaluate it
as being at least a misdemeanour
... Those who trade freedom for security, receive neither.
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