Noticed two recent messages on the Parental Alienation Syndrome (Christopher
Baker to Bob Hirschfeld (January 22, 1996 - PAS in the news) and Rick Thoma
to Christopher Baker (January 23, same subject).
For the most part, sexual abuse allegations in the context of divorce were
identified in a 1987 paper "Sexual Allegations in Divorce - The SAID 
yndrome"
by Ross and Blush; generally related to child custody litigation and child
access/visitation areas.  I still have an original draft provided by the au-
thors.
The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, along with the American 
ar
Association (and others), sponsored what was called the Abuse Allegation Pro-
ject in 1986.  The project, led by AFCC researchers Thoennes and Pearson, re-
sulted in numerous papers and finally "SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS IN CUSTODY 
ND
VISITATION CASES: A Resource Book for Judges and Court Personnel" (National
Legal Resource Center for Child Advocacy and Protection: February 1988, ISBN
0-09707-358-4, American Bar Association).
At the time many special interest groups and private citizens provided input
to Thoennes and Pearson.  This included VOCAL (before NASVO was created, and
other subsequent splits which occurred). To make a long story short, the pro-
ject was done by-the-system-for-the-system and none of our input/concerns ap-
peared anywhere.
While the Ross and Blush paper was first published in a county bar newsletter
in Michigan, it was also published, interestingly enough, in a newsletter of
the AFCC (co-sponsor of the Abuse Allegation Project) and did not appear in
the ABA's publication. The paper and authors were given a slight mention but
nothing really positive.  The ABA, under E. Bruce Nicholson, choose to cite
over a dozen previously published papers and their authors.
About the same time, 1987, Dr. Gardner cited his work on the Parental Aliena-
tion Syndrome relating it mainly to child custody litigation. I have 85 to 90
references on Dr. Gardner which will be posted in the near future.  These are
what I have on the Parental Alienation Syndrome:
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PARALSYN.LST                                                  January 1996
                         Parental Alientation Syndrome
                                     Title
- Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Custody & Visitation Cases: An Empirical
  Study of 169 Cases from 12 States (March 1988; The Association of Family
  and Conciliation Courts Research Unit) by Thoennes et al; 28 pages, file
  379
  - References on Nancy Thoennes in THOENNES.LST.
  - Also see references on the Abuse Allegation Project in ALLEPROJ.LST.
- Attorney Workshop for Defense of the Falsely Accused of Child Abuse and
  Molest (September 22, 1990) by Clancy & Coleman; 75 pages, file 2553
- Boo-Hoo Doc. Morgan (August 1989; The Liberator); 1 page, file 911
- Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs and Accusations of Child Sexual
  Abuse: An Analysis (Issues in Child Abuse Accusations, Vol 1, No. 1, Winter
  1989) by Krivacska, James; 6 pages, file 1072
- Child Sexual Abuse: Whom Should A Judge Believe? What Should A Judge Be-
  lieve? (The Judges' Journal; Summer 1988) by Thoennes, Nancy; 8 pages, file
  1152
- CHILDREN HELD HOSTAGE: Dealing with Programmed and Brainwashed Children
  (Book offer, Family Law, American Bar Association, Order Form, 1991, 208
  pages, ISBN 0-89707-628-1, $49.95: Review of book, The Liberator: January
  1992: And an Evening with Dr. Stanley Clawar; October 15, 1993: NetWORK;
  Fall 1993) by Clawar & Rivlin; 2 pages, file 1889
- CREATIVE THERAPEUTICS (Books, Tapes, and Psychotherapeutic Instruments for
  Psychotherapists, Counselors, Teachers, Lawyers, Parents, and Children 
800-
  544-6162, New Jersey (201) 567-7295, FAX (201) 567-8956 by Gardner, Richard
  1992; 58 pages, file 1928
- Diagnosing Incest: The Problem of False Positives and Their Consequences
  (Accepted for publication by Issues in Child Abuse Accusations; 1992) by
  Campbell, Terence; 27 pages, file 1941
- FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE (1989) by Naylor, Michael; 2 pages, file
  1027
- False Allegations of Sexual Abuse - A True Story (The Liberator; February
  1989) by Naylor, Michael; 3 pages, file 918
- False Memory Syndrome Foundation (Mission & Purpose, Article Order Form,
  Membership Information, Comments on "Courage to Heal"; 1992) by Freyd,
  Pamela; 7 pages, file 2263
  - References on Pamela Freyd in PAMFREYD.LST.
  - References on Ellen Bass, co-author of "Courage to Heal" in COURAGE.LST.
  - Also see references on Repressed Memory in REPRMEM.LST.
- Family Evaluation In Child Custody Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation
  (Review of book by Richard A. Gardner; July 1991, The Liberator); 1 page,
  file 1650
- FIRST NATIONAL COLLOQUIUM OF THE AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY OF THE ABUSE
  OF CHILDREN (Chicago, Illinois: June 24-26, 1993) APSAC; 12 pages, file 
54
- Forensic and Mental Health Issues in Child Sexual Abuse (Child Sexual 
buse,
  pages 85-99, Ross Laboratories; September 1991) by Conte, Jon; 15 pages,
  file 1738
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