The Maturation and Disintegration of the Hearsay Exception for Statements for Medical Examination in Child Sexual Abuse Cases

Authors

Robert P. Mosteller, Duke Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

Mosteller examines the treatment of children as victims and witnesses in criminal trials, most frequently involving sexual abuse, over the last quarter of the twentieth century, and from that experience, to draw lessons. He also examines what has been learned about the hearsay exception for "statements for purposes of medical diagnosis of treatment."

Citation

Robert P. Mosteller, The Maturation and Disintegration of the Hearsay Exception for Statements for Medical Examination in Child Sexual Abuse Cases, 65 Law and Contemporary Problems 47-95 (Winter 2002)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol65/iss1/3