The Jane Doe case David Corwin

in 1997 corwin published article in journal child maltreatment jane doe ; young girl in 1984 along parents referred corwin court-appointed forensic evaluation, mutually agreed parties involved in family court litigation regarding custody , visitation, after disclosed had been sexually abused mother after parents separated. corwin videotaped interviews jane, 5 , 6 years old, third , last interview of verbatim transcript, history, , discussion of case documented in 1997 publication. corwin had concluded jane had been sexually abused mother, , father granted custody rights while mother lost right visitation. ten years after court-appointed , video recorded evaluation, jane contacted again corwin reaffirm assent use of earlier video recorded interview professional education , requested view forensic evaluation interviews remember had told corwin, since not remember experiences earlier described. year later, after father s death, corwin met jane , videotaped informed consent jane prior showing earlier video recorded interviews. jane 17 years old @ time. during videotaped informed consent, jane appears recall memory of sexual abuse, described events there no previous documentation. 5 commentaries follow corwin s 1997 article, discuss various aspects of jane doe case such jane s expressive behaviour during interviews , implications of recollection of abuse jane hadn t remembered. although researchers hailed jane s recollection example of repressed memory , elizabeth loftus sceptical truth surrounding alleged abuse , investigated jane doe s case, concluding jane had never been abused mother. jane doe, revealed herself nicole taus, sued loftus , lengthy litigation took place. jane doe case raises questions ethics, methods, , rights of professionals review , investigate published case reports.