Word: besharov
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Dates: during 1987-1987
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...phony charges are up, what would account for the rise? Douglas Besharov, a child-welfare expert at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, concludes that three-fourths of false accusations come from adults, not children. Laws in every state require teachers, nurses and other professionals to report any suspicion of sexual abuse, with penalties for failing to do so. Also judges are increasingly less willing to assign children automatically to mothers. The result: some wives use false accusations as a weapon of last resort...