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INVASIVE, INCONCLUSIVE, AND UNNECESSARY: PRECLUDING THE USE OF COURT-ORDERED PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS IN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CASES

I. INTRODUCTION.................... 1441

II. NOBREGA v. COMMONWEALTH AND ABBOTT v. STATE: VIEWING CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES IN DIFFERENT LIGHTS.................... 1445

A. Nobrega v. Commonwealth.................... 1445

B. Abbott v. State.................... 1446

III. BACKGROUND LEADING TO NOBREGA AND ABBOTT.................... 1448

A. Legal Background.................... 1448

B. Empirical Research on the Effectiveness of Children as Witnesses.......... 1453

C. Mental Health Professionals and the Quest for the Truth.................... 1457

IV. COMPELLED PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS ARE NOT THE ANSWER.................... 1459

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