Alternative “truths” of repressed memories: Views of judges of the Israeli supreme court

IF 2.2 2区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Legal and Criminological Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-29 DOI:10.1111/lcrp.12275

Israel Nachson

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Abstract

Memory of childhood sexual abuse: Forgotten and recovered

Three cases of allegations of childhood sexual abuse committed by fathers on their daughters have been brought to the attention of the Israeli Supreme Court. The prosecution was based on recovered memories of traumatic experiences that had been completely forgotten by the plaintiffs for many years.

Amnesia accounted for in terms of repression

The expert witness for the prosecution accounted for the long amnesia in terms of unconscious repression of the traumatic memories.

Recovered memory: Veridical or false?

The repression hypothesis has encountered severe theoretical and methodological criticisms which have cast doubt on the very existence of this mechanism.

Proposal for a solution of the dilemma

This controversy, which has far-reaching legal implications, may be reconciled by adopting the notion of multiple “truths”, and by accepting recovered memory allegations only when corroborated by external evidence.

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被压抑记忆的另类“真相”：以色列最高法院法官的观点

童年性虐待的记忆：被遗忘和恢复以色列最高法院已注意到三起父亲对其女儿进行童年性虐待的指控案件。控方的依据是原告多年来完全忘记的创伤经历的恢复记忆。控方的专家证人以对创伤记忆的无意识压抑来解释长期健忘症。恢复记忆：正确还是错误？抑制假说在理论和方法上受到了严厉的批评，使人们对这种机制的存在产生怀疑。这一争议具有深远的法律意义，可以通过采用多重“真相”的概念，以及只有在得到外部证据证实的情况下才接受恢复记忆的指控来调和。

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期刊介绍： Legal and Criminological Psychology publishes original papers in all areas of psychology and law: - victimology - policing and crime detection - crime prevention - management of offenders - mental health and the law - public attitudes to law - role of the expert witness - impact of law on behaviour - interviewing and eyewitness testimony - jury decision making - deception The journal publishes papers which advance professional and scientific knowledge defined broadly as the application of psychology to law and interdisciplinary enquiry in legal and psychological fields.