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Commentaries on Contested Issues in the Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse Allegations

“Nobody's Perfect”—Partial Disagreement with Herman, Faust, Bridges, and Ahern

Pages 203-209 | Received 26 Apr 2011, Accepted 16 Nov 2011, Published online: 27 Mar 2012

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