CSA Accommodation Syndrome - Revision history

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	{{Template:Ac}}'''[[Child Sexual Abuse]] Accommodation Syndrome''' (CSAAS) is a fabricated and widely discredited "disorder" used by [[Victimology\|victimologists]] to reinterpret a variety of child testimony (disclosure, non-disclosure, sustained denial, retraction) as evidence of CSA.<ref>De Young, Mary (2004). The day care ritual abuse moral panic. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1830-5.</ref> It was a critical propaganda tool in the [[Wikipedia:Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria\|Day-care hysteria]] of the 1980s and 90s, and was first proposed by [[Roland Summit]] - a pioneer in victimological literature, in 1983.		__NOTOC__{{Template:Ac}}'''[[Child Sexual Abuse]] Accommodation Syndrome''' (CSAAS) is a fabricated and widely discredited "disorder" used by [[Victimology\|victimologists]] to reinterpret a variety of child testimony (disclosure, non-disclosure, sustained denial, retraction) as evidence of CSA.<ref>De Young, Mary (2004). The day care ritual abuse moral panic. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1830-5.</ref> It was a critical propaganda tool in the [[Wikipedia:Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria\|Day-care hysteria]] of the 1980s and 90s, and was first proposed by [[Roland Summit]] - a pioneer in victimological literature, in 1983.

	==Proposed mechanism==		==Proposed mechanism==

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	Several states have prohibited testimony regarding CSAAS, based on evidence that it is not accepted generally by scientists, except for delayed reporting.<ref>State v. J.L.G., Docket Number A-50-16(N.J. Sup. Ct. July 31, 2018). See also State v. Ballard, 855 S.W.2d 557, 562 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 1993); Hadden v. State, 690 So. 2d 573 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 1997)</ref> Summit himself has subsequently identified that the concept has been abused for scientific and legal reasons,<ref>R. v. K (A.), (1999), 1999 CanLII 3793 (ON CA), 45 O.R. (3d) 641 (C.A.) at paras. 125</ref> and neither the American Psychiatric Association nor the American Psychological Association has recognized CSAAS.		Several states have prohibited testimony regarding CSAAS, based on evidence that it is not accepted generally by scientists, except for delayed reporting.<ref>State v. J.L.G., Docket Number A-50-16(N.J. Sup. Ct. July 31, 2018). See also State v. Ballard, 855 S.W.2d 557, 562 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 1993); Hadden v. State, 690 So. 2d 573 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 1997)</ref> Summit himself has subsequently identified that the concept has been abused for scientific and legal reasons,<ref>R. v. K (A.), (1999), 1999 CanLII 3793 (ON CA), 45 O.R. (3d) 641 (C.A.) at paras. 125</ref> and neither the American Psychiatric Association nor the American Psychological Association has recognized CSAAS.

			==See also==

			Other fanciful ideas formerly or presently promoted to aid in categorizing "ideal" victims and perpetrators.

			*[[Wikipedia:Satanic panic\|SRA]]
			*[[Covert incest]]
			*[[Repressed memory]]
			*[[Anal wink]]
			*[[Cognitive distortion (pseudoscience)]]
			*[[Teen Dating Violence]]
			*[[Research:_The_effects_of_pornography\|Harmful content]]
			*[[Research: Commercial and online sexual exploitation\|CSEC]]

	==References==		==References==

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research into effects on Children]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1980s]][[Category:Mental Health Industry]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research into effects on Children]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1980s]][[Category:Mental Health Industry]]

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	CSAAS belongs to a long list of false diagnostic tools related to the CSA panics of the 1980s and 90s - often resulting in [[List of conflicting statements by victimologists\|absurd statements by professionals]]. Similar [[Debate Guide: Logical fallacies and intergenerational sexuality\|fallacious circulars]] have been used in setting up professional discourses on [[Cognitive distortion (pseudoscience)\|"cognitive distortion"]], for example. Practitioners and theorists continue to blame "lack of awareness", or "flawed cultural beliefs" for the prevalence of sexual behaviors they deem to be aberrant.<ref>See, for example - [https://journalarjass.com/index.php/ARJASS/article/view/451 Lukumay , D., Rwegoshora , H., & Mtae , H. (2023). Challenges of Lack of Community Awareness and Its Impact on Child Sexual Assault in Tanzania: The Case of Arusha, Tanzania. Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 20(3), 47–54. https://doi.org/10.9734/arjass/2023/v20i3451] and [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37301113/ Wadji DL, Oe M, Cheng P, Bartoli E, Martin-Soelch C, Pfaltz MC, Langevin R. Associations between experiences of childhood maltreatment and perceived acceptability of child maltreatment: A cross-cultural and exploratory study. Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Sep;143:106270. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106270. Epub 2023 Jun 8. PMID: 37301113.]</ref>		CSAAS belongs to a long list of false diagnostic tools related to the CSA panics of the 1980s and 90s - often resulting in [[List of conflicting statements by victimologists\|absurd statements by professionals]]. Similar [[Debate Guide: Logical fallacies and intergenerational sexuality\|fallacious circulars]] have been used in setting up professional discourses on [[Cognitive distortion (pseudoscience)\|"cognitive distortion"]], for example. Practitioners and theorists continue to blame "lack of awareness", or "flawed cultural beliefs" for the prevalence of sexual behaviors they deem to be aberrant, or interpreted by participants in ways that confound their set narrative.<ref>See, for example - [https://journalarjass.com/index.php/ARJASS/article/view/451 Lukumay , D., Rwegoshora , H., & Mtae , H. (2023). Challenges of Lack of Community Awareness and Its Impact on Child Sexual Assault in Tanzania: The Case of Arusha, Tanzania. Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 20(3), 47–54. https://doi.org/10.9734/arjass/2023/v20i3451] and [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37301113/ Wadji DL, Oe M, Cheng P, Bartoli E, Martin-Soelch C, Pfaltz MC, Langevin R. Associations between experiences of childhood maltreatment and perceived acceptability of child maltreatment: A cross-cultural and exploratory study. Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Sep;143:106270. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106270. Epub 2023 Jun 8. PMID: 37301113.]</ref>

	Several states have prohibited testimony regarding CSAAS, based on evidence that it is not accepted generally by scientists, except for delayed reporting.<ref>State v. J.L.G., Docket Number A-50-16(N.J. Sup. Ct. July 31, 2018). See also State v. Ballard, 855 S.W.2d 557, 562 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 1993); Hadden v. State, 690 So. 2d 573 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 1997)</ref> Summit himself has subsequently identified that the concept has been abused for scientific and legal reasons,<ref>R. v. K (A.), (1999), 1999 CanLII 3793 (ON CA), 45 O.R. (3d) 641 (C.A.) at paras. 125</ref> and neither the American Psychiatric Association nor the American Psychological Association has recognized CSAAS.		Several states have prohibited testimony regarding CSAAS, based on evidence that it is not accepted generally by scientists, except for delayed reporting.<ref>State v. J.L.G., Docket Number A-50-16(N.J. Sup. Ct. July 31, 2018). See also State v. Ballard, 855 S.W.2d 557, 562 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 1993); Hadden v. State, 690 So. 2d 573 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 1997)</ref> Summit himself has subsequently identified that the concept has been abused for scientific and legal reasons,<ref>R. v. K (A.), (1999), 1999 CanLII 3793 (ON CA), 45 O.R. (3d) 641 (C.A.) at paras. 125</ref> and neither the American Psychiatric Association nor the American Psychological Association has recognized CSAAS.

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	'''[[Child Sexual Abuse]] Accommodation Syndrome''' (CSAAS) is a fabricated and widely discredited "disorder" used by [[Victimology\|victimologists]] to reinterpret a variety of child testimony (disclosure, non-disclosure, sustained denial, retraction) as evidence of CSA.<ref>De Young, Mary (2004). The day care ritual abuse moral panic. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1830-5.</ref> It was a critical propaganda tool in the [[Wikipedia:Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria\|Day-care hysteria]] of the 1980s and 90s, and was first proposed by [[Roland Summit]] - a pioneer in victimological literature, in 1983.		{{Template:Ac}}'''[[Child Sexual Abuse]] Accommodation Syndrome''' (CSAAS) is a fabricated and widely discredited "disorder" used by [[Victimology\|victimologists]] to reinterpret a variety of child testimony (disclosure, non-disclosure, sustained denial, retraction) as evidence of CSA.<ref>De Young, Mary (2004). The day care ritual abuse moral panic. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1830-5.</ref> It was a critical propaganda tool in the [[Wikipedia:Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria\|Day-care hysteria]] of the 1980s and 90s, and was first proposed by [[Roland Summit]] - a pioneer in victimological literature, in 1983.

	==Proposed mechanism==		==Proposed mechanism==

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	'''[[Child Sexual Abuse]] Accommodation Syndrome''' (CSAAS) is a fabricated and widely discredited "disorder" used by [[Victimology\|victimologists]] to reinterpret a variety of child testimony (disclosure, non-disclosure, sustained denial, retraction) as evidence of CSA.<ref>[De Young, Mary (2004). The day care ritual abuse moral panic. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1830-5.]</ref> It was a critical propaganda tool in the [[Wikipedia:Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria\|Day-care hysteria]] of the 1980s and 90s, and was first proposed by [[Roland Summit]] - a pioneer in victimological literature, in 1983.		'''[[Child Sexual Abuse]] Accommodation Syndrome''' (CSAAS) is a fabricated and widely discredited "disorder" used by [[Victimology\|victimologists]] to reinterpret a variety of child testimony (disclosure, non-disclosure, sustained denial, retraction) as evidence of CSA.<ref>De Young, Mary (2004). The day care ritual abuse moral panic. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1830-5.</ref> It was a critical propaganda tool in the [[Wikipedia:Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria\|Day-care hysteria]] of the 1980s and 90s, and was first proposed by [[Roland Summit]] - a pioneer in victimological literature, in 1983.

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	Several states have prohibited testimony regarding CSAAS, based on evidence that it is not accepted generally by scientists, except for delayed reporting.<ref>State v. J.L.G., Docket Number A-50-16(N.J. Sup. Ct. July 31, 2018). See also State v. Ballard, 855 S.W.2d 557, 562 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 1993); Hadden v. State, 690 So. 2d 573 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 1997)</ref> Summit himself has subsequently identified that the concept has been abused for scientific and legal reasons,<ref>R. v. K (A.), (1999), 1999 CanLII 3793 (ON CA), 45 O.R. (3d) 641 (C.A.) at paras. 125</ref> and neither the American Psychiatric Association nor the American Psychological Association has recognized CSAAS.		Several states have prohibited testimony regarding CSAAS, based on evidence that it is not accepted generally by scientists, except for delayed reporting.<ref>State v. J.L.G., Docket Number A-50-16(N.J. Sup. Ct. July 31, 2018). See also State v. Ballard, 855 S.W.2d 557, 562 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 1993); Hadden v. State, 690 So. 2d 573 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 1997)</ref> Summit himself has subsequently identified that the concept has been abused for scientific and legal reasons,<ref>R. v. K (A.), (1999), 1999 CanLII 3793 (ON CA), 45 O.R. (3d) 641 (C.A.) at paras. 125</ref> and neither the American Psychiatric Association nor the American Psychological Association has recognized CSAAS.



	==References==		==References==

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research into effects on Children]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1980s]][[Category:Mental Health Industry]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research into effects on Children]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1980s]][[Category:Mental Health Industry]]

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	'''[[Child Sexual Abuse]] Accommodation Syndrome''' is a fabricated and widely discredited "disorder" used by [[Victimology\|victimologists]] to reinterpret a variety of child testimony (~~both~~ disclosure ~~and~~ non-disclosure) as evidence of CSA. It was a critical propaganda tool in the [[Wikipedia:Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria\|Day-care hysteria]] of the 1980s and 90s, and was first proposed by [[Roland Summit]] - a pioneer in victimological literature in 1983.		'''[[Child Sexual Abuse]] Accommodation Syndrome''' (CSAAS) is a fabricated and widely discredited "disorder" used by [[Victimology\|victimologists]] to reinterpret a variety of child testimony (disclosure, non-disclosure, sustained denial, retraction) as evidence of CSA.<ref>[De Young, Mary (2004). The day care ritual abuse moral panic. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1830-5.]</ref> It was a critical propaganda tool in the [[Wikipedia:Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria\|Day-care hysteria]] of the 1980s and 90s, and was first proposed by [[Roland Summit]] - a pioneer in victimological literature, in 1983.

			==Proposed mechanism==

			Summit believed children "learn to accept the situation and to survive", fostering the [[Often repeated themes in anti-pedophile literature\|shamed secrecy]] thought to typify CSA at the time. "There is no way out, no place to run", he adds; "the healthy, normal emotionally resilient child will learn to accommodate to the reality of continuing sexual abuse."<ref>[https://doi.org/10.1300%2Fj070v01n04_13 Summit, Roland C. (1993-05-14). "Abuse of the Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome". ''Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.'' 1 (4): 153–164. doi:10.1300/j070v01n04_13. ISSN 1053-8712.] and [http://www.abusewatch.net/Child%20Sexual%20Abuse%20Accommodation%20Syndrome.pdf Summit, Roland (1983). "The child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome" (PDF). ''Child Abuse Negl.'' 7 (2): 177–93. doi:10.1016/0145-2134(83)90070-4. PMID 6605796. S2CID 4547031.]</ref>

			He posited five stages through which the child attempts to cope with this:

			#Secrecy
			#Helplessness
			#Entrapment and accommodation
			#Delayed disclosure
			#Retraction

			==Discredit==

			CSAAS belongs to a long list of false diagnostic tools related to the CSA panics of the 1980s and 90s - often resulting in [[List of conflicting statements by victimologists\|absurd statements by professionals]]. Similar [[Debate Guide: Logical fallacies and intergenerational sexuality\|fallacious circulars]] have been used in setting up professional discourses on [[Cognitive distortion (pseudoscience)\|"cognitive distortion"]], for example. Practitioners and theorists continue to blame "lack of awareness", or "flawed cultural beliefs" for the prevalence of sexual behaviors they deem to be aberrant.<ref>See, for example - [https://journalarjass.com/index.php/ARJASS/article/view/451 Lukumay , D., Rwegoshora , H., & Mtae , H. (2023). Challenges of Lack of Community Awareness and Its Impact on Child Sexual Assault in Tanzania: The Case of Arusha, Tanzania. Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 20(3), 47–54. https://doi.org/10.9734/arjass/2023/v20i3451] and [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37301113/ Wadji DL, Oe M, Cheng P, Bartoli E, Martin-Soelch C, Pfaltz MC, Langevin R. Associations between experiences of childhood maltreatment and perceived acceptability of child maltreatment: A cross-cultural and exploratory study. Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Sep;143:106270. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106270. Epub 2023 Jun 8. PMID: 37301113.]</ref>

			Several states have prohibited testimony regarding CSAAS, based on evidence that it is not accepted generally by scientists, except for delayed reporting.<ref>State v. J.L.G., Docket Number A-50-16(N.J. Sup. Ct. July 31, 2018). See also State v. Ballard, 855 S.W.2d 557, 562 (Tenn. Sup. Ct. 1993); Hadden v. State, 690 So. 2d 573 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 1997)</ref> Summit himself has subsequently identified that the concept has been abused for scientific and legal reasons,<ref>R. v. K (A.), (1999), 1999 CanLII 3793 (ON CA), 45 O.R. (3d) 641 (C.A.) at paras. 125</ref> and neither the American Psychiatric Association nor the American Psychological Association has recognized CSAAS.



			==References==

			[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research into effects on Children]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1980s]][[Category:Mental Health Industry]]

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'''[[Child Sexual Abuse]] Accommodation Syndrome''' is a fabricated and widely discredited "disorder" used by [[Victimology|victimologists]] to reinterpret a variety of child testimony (both disclosure and non-disclosure) as evidence of CSA. It was a critical propaganda tool in the [[Wikipedia:Day-care_sex-abuse_hysteria|Day-care hysteria]] of the 1980s and 90s, and was first proposed by [[Roland Summit]] - a pioneer in victimological literature in 1983.

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	Other fanciful ideas formerly or presently promoted to aid in categorizing "ideal" victims and perpetrators.		Other fanciful ideas formerly or presently promoted to aid in categorizing "ideal" victims and perpetrators.

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	*[[Wikipedia:Satanic panic\|SRA]]		*[[Wikipedia:Satanic panic\|SRA]]
	*[[Covert incest]]		*[[Covert incest]]
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	*[[Research:_The_effects_of_pornography\|Harmful content]]		*[[Research:_The_effects_of_pornography\|Harmful content]]
	*[[Research: Commercial and online sexual exploitation\|CSEC]]		*[[Research: Commercial and online sexual exploitation\|CSEC]]
			</div>

	==References==		==References==

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research into effects on Children]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1980s]][[Category:Mental Health Industry]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Child Advocacy]][[Category:Hysteria]][[Category:Terminology]][[Category:Terminology: Academic]][[Category:Research]][[Category:Research into effects on Children]][[Category:Research: Victimology and other Pseudoscience]][[Category:History & Events: American]][[Category:History & Events: 1980s]][[Category:Mental Health Industry]]

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	*[[Wikipedia:Satanic panic\|SRA]]		*[[Wikipedia:Satanic panic\|SRA]]
	*[[Covert incest]]		*[[Covert incest]]
			*[[Inner child]]
	*[[Repressed memory]]		*[[Repressed memory]]
			*[[Wikipedia:Dissociative identity disorder\|Dissociative identity disorder]]
	*[[Anal wink]]		*[[Anal wink]]
	*[[Cognitive distortion (pseudoscience)]]		*[[Cognitive distortion (pseudoscience)]]