Recovered Memory Project
The Recovered Memory Project is an ongoing project at Brown University, directed by professor Ross E. Cheit and devoted to collecting cases of recovered memory.[1] The project stresses recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse that have been confirmed by police reports, court proceedings, corroborated confessions, peer reviewed scientific papers, or other verifiable means.[2]
The Recovered Memory Project was founded in response to a 1995 PBS Frontline special, "Divided Memories," produced by Ofra Bikel, which Cheit argued made substantial misrepresentations about recovered memory.[3]
As of May, 2009, the archives of the Recovered Memory Project listed "101 Corroborated Cases of Recovered Memory."[4]
References
- ^ "The purpose of this project is to collect and disseminate information relevant to the debate over whether traumatic events can be forgotten and then remembered later in life."[1]
- ^ "The cases adjudicated in criminal court were subject to the highest standard of proof, so these might be considered the most convincing cases. Perhaps most convincing are those where the defendant did not contest guilt, since those cases pose no factual question as to whether the abuse occurred [...] [T]here are cases in the archive that involve eyewitnesses, medical evidence, and physical evidence [...] Some people find clinical cases more convincing than court cases, since they do not evolve through the adversary system. Accordingly, the Archive contains a range of cases. Different people will find different kinds of cases to be the most persuasive."[2]
- ^ http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/Recovmem/purpose.html
- ^ http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Taubman_Center/Recovmem/archive.html