In a story published at a top rated mother's rights
web site (click
here), Dean Tong comments on Parental Alienation and the problems with
our family courts.
Dean Tong has written the Foreword to the new Craig
Baird book titled - I'm Going to be a Dad: Now What? recently published by
Atlantic Publishing.
(Click here for book
image.)
November 4, 2009, Dean Tong tendered and testified at an alleged criminal child sex
jury trial in Alabama in the area of cognitive child development and proper v. improper
forensic interviews of children allegedly molested, et al. Tong has now given expert testimony
in criminal cases from Georgia and Alabama as well as proffered in Florida, and in civil
cases from W. Virginia, Iowa, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Dean Tong chronicles his 25 year journey battling
false abuse allegations as he transforms from victim to victor to expert in
this You Tube video - (Click
Here).
February 11/12, 2009 in and for Madison County,
Jackson, Tennessee, Dean Tong was tendered and gave testimony in juvenile/family
court as an expert witness in specific areas concerning false accusations of
child sexual abuse. Please inquire to LanisKarnes@karneslegal.com.
January 2009 in the 7th Circuit of the US Court
of Appeals for the western district of Wisconsin in the case of United States
of America v. Bruce J. Rhodes, Dean Tong's published study/peer reviewed article
on the Penile Plethysmograph was cited and quoted by the Jurists -
(Click Here).
Dean Tong is quoted in the January 22, 2009 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine in a story about female teachers crossing the instruction line. Read about it here.
January 2009 - Dean Tong has been criminally cleared and had his record expunged and sealed after being falsely accused and wrongly arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence and felony obstruction of justice back in January 2008 - Click
Here. In addition, Tong was found to have been falsely accused of domestic violence as the court made a finding of fact and conclusion of law in its Final Divorce Judgment (Click
Here).
July 11, 2008 author, trial
consultant and expert Dean Tong was cleared of all criminal charges by the
State of Florida. Tong was falsely accused and wrongly arrested of domestic
abuse and tampering with a witness on January 28, 2008 and now has been fully
vindicated (Click
Here). Read about Tong's recent criminal exoneration here -
(Click
Here). And, please peruse Tong's Video Press Conference outside the
Tampa Courthouse the day of his 52nd Birthday
(Click
Here).
In July 2008, Dean Tong acted as Trial Consultant in the criminal case
of the State of Florida v. David Locke II in Pensacola, Florida. Mr. Locke,
an Army Staff Sgt., was charged with two 2nd degree felony counts of lewd
and lascivious behavior. After 90 minutes, the Jury came back Not Guilty
on both counts. Contact Attorney Ted Stokes for more information on Tong's
involvement in the case including his deposition at TasAtty@aol.com.
In May of 2008 Dean Tong tendered as an expert witness for the defense in the
criminal case of the State of Georgia v. Eric Lamar Jones. Tong tendered in the
general areas of false child sexual abuse allegations and proper versus improper
forensic interview protocols of children allegedly molested. Contact Attorney
AJ Balbo for more information at aj@balbogregg.com.
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In a new scientific study published in the May - June 2007 issue of The American Journal of Family Therapy, author Dean Tong correlates accused child molesters and their sexual interest propensities with respect to psychosexual testing of the same - (Click Here)
Dean Tong appears on CBS 48 Hours February 24, 2007 with respect to the case of Darren Mack: (Click here)
Dean Tong's web site is quoted as part of an anthology in a new book titled Child Abuse published by Thomson Gale (www.gale.com)
(click here)
Tong client Bridget Marks Wins Unanimous Custody Appeal Decision: Marks Decision
As Seen on Dr. Phil (9-15-04)
Dean Tong appears on Dr. Phil in support of his client Bridget Marks. Tong's motto
is that false allegations must not be condoned. But real child abuse must not be
missed.
To listen to the archive of the June 27, 2004 contentious His Side — "Allred vs. Tong — Is Parental Alienation Syndrome a Father's Rights Hoax?" — click www.hisside.com and scroll down to "Listen to the Show."
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ABUSE-EXCUSE.COM provides
resource information and more to parents and others confronted with false accusations
of child abuse, physical child abuse (including Shaken Baby Syndrome), child
neglect, false allegations of sexual abuse, child pornography via the Internet, "repressed" memories, sexual harassment, or domestic violence (spousal abuse). We aim to help the falsely and wrongly accused to articulate scientific facts to child protection investigators, teachers, attorneys and judges, urging them to exercise caution in their "rush to judge" abuse calls. About 2/3 of all child abuse reports turn out to be unfounded, as errors or mistakes in professional judgment.
In addition, we can analyze your case relative to prospective Parental Alienation
or Parental Alienation Syndrome, false allegations of Parental Alienation Syndrome,
Stockholm Syndrome, Borderline Personality Disorder, and/or a prospective lawsuit.
Author and expert Dean Tong brings a unique and necessary combination of personal
(wrongly arrested, decades apart, for child sexual abuse and domestic violence)
and professional experience over 25 years that will greatly assist you and
your attorneys in clearing your good name. Please click on Mr. Tong's CV here
- click here for his CV.
Not only are children victims of real abuse, but also of the parental alienation or SAID syndromes, where the abuse-excuse is used as a tactic or bargaining chip by one parent seeking divorce and/or child custody. Studies indicate that malicious false child abuse allegations made in bad faith occur ~ 2% - 5% of the time. Many of the same, according to Ira Turkat, Ph.D., occur globally and as a result of Divorce-Related *Malicious Moms* Syndrome. Click HERE
Recent research indicates that most unfounded claims of sexual child abuse are fostered by "delusional" accusers. Hickman & Reynolds in their paper entitled "Effects of False Allegations of Sexual Abuse on Children and Families," believe delusional accusers, usually mothers, may suffer from a mental health condition such as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and they will shop for an expert to confirm their child has been abused, and will not take NO for an answer! Same accusers use the psychological phenomena of projection and transferance to convince the "abused" child ...Daddy touched you in bad places!
There exists recently published guidelines for treating victims of sexual and physical child abuse. Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Justice and Office for Victims of Crime, the findings strongly suggest that all therapeutic protocols be empirically supported: CLICK HERE
Dr. Charles Ford, a psychiatrist and author of the book Lies, Lies, Lies: The Psychology of Deceit (American Psychiatric Press, 1999) refers to a phenomenon known as "Pseudologia Fantastica," or pathological lying. Sometimes associated with Borderline Personality Disorder and a symptom of Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy or Factitious Disorder, these fantastic liars, who are not the same as delusional psychotics, according to Dr. Ford, about 1/3 of the time will suffer some form of brain dysfunction. He says that "Such liars are often smooth-talking narcissists, so self-centered they often think they can construct a reality. In many instances, the lying gets worse as the liar gets more power." Please CLICK HERE
In cases where a delusional or false accuser cannot be properly diagnosed and/or treated, it is possible now to conduct a Brain SPECT Imaging Scan of the same. In some instances, SPECT scanning has been deemed more reliable than the PET scan, MRI, or EEG: CLICK HERE
Recent studies conducted by Ceci, Bruck, McBrien, and Dagenbach have shed light on two highly probable reasons for the vast number of unfounded and erroneous child abuse reports; i.e. confirmatory bias (whereby social services and the authorities have a pre-conceived notion the abuse already occurred when they undertake an investigation) and source misattributions (whereby the children and *professionals* misattribute the source or origin of the so-called abuse) are necessities your defense suggestibility expert must learn about! Call 1-800-374-2721 to order the Ceci/Bruck bible - Jeopardy In The Courtroom.
In addition, Dr. Ceci, et al, have developed a new test to determine the extent, or lack thereof, of suggestibility and memory recall relative to individual differences in children at least the age of four and one-half. Called the VSSC (Video Suggestibility Scale for Children), it could be an important tool for child protection workers, psychologists, and attorneys, especially in cases where kids change their stories. Here is the professional journal article on the VSSC: CLICK HERE
In 2003, as reported here, based on ~2.9 million reports of child abuse and neglect, 57.7% of the same were determined to be unsubstantiated. In 2004, as reported here more than one-half (60.7%) of investigations or assessments led to a finding that the alleged child maltreatment was unsubstantiated. These are official government statistics as reported by the states. Some forms of child maltreatment decreased again from 2004 to 2005, adding to over a decade's worth of declines, according to data released April 2, 2007 from the US Department of Health and Human Services. Rates of substantiated sexual abuse dropped by 2% in 2005 compared to the previous year, capping a 51% total decline since 1991. Rates of physical abuse declined by 5% from 2004 to 2005, making for a total 46% reduction since a peak 1992. Greater than 60% of all child abuse investigations dispositions for the year 2005 were unsubstantiated - CLICK HERE. In data just released by NCANDS for 2006 and a 15 year study published by expert Dr. David Finkelho, the incidence of child sexual abuse has abated by 53% and physical child abuse has decreased by 48% - CLICK
HERE.
According to a recently published study by the Department of Justice and conducted by Dr. David Finkelhor from the National Crimes Against Children Laboratory in Durham, New Hampshire, the incidence of sexual child abuse declined 40% betweeen 1992 and 2000.
Please click here to read about it - www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/199298.pdf
Susan Smith and the Menendez Brothers used the "cry wolf" defense mechanism, too, in their attempts to evade punishment for their wrongdoings.
Here, employers of the abuse-excuse, will not assume culpability for their own actions. They, too, may suffer from BPD, or some other mental health disorder!
those malcontents who commit unspeakable acts and prey upon our children;
those vindictive grudge bearers who wield children as "pawns and puppets" in bitter divorce and custody battles;
They should be prosecuted to the fullest extent allowed by law!
The very solution has become the problem!
Lacking the necessary education and training skills to conduct objective and competent child protective "investigations," intake workers at social service agencies remove non-abused children from their homes frequently; and in doing so, leave truly abused children in jeopardy. Combine this equation with a mental health industry that is rendering unnecessary clinical therapies for alleged repressed memories, and you have a prescription for disaster.
To exacerbate matters, our triers-of-facts, our courts, our rubber stamping error-rich recommendations from guardians-ad-litem, social services, child protection teams, and therapists... forcing non-abused children into foster care homes while allowing kids in harm's way to die (at the hands of the state).
The end result:
The JonBenet Ramsay, Megan Kanka and Polly Klauss-type cases have caused a backlash. These horrific stories of children raped and/or murdered have accentuated the number of child abuse reports.
160,000 reports of suspected child abuse were reported in 1963. That number exploded to 1.7 million in 1985.
And a report disseminated by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) Child Maltreatment 1995: Reports From the States to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, depicts more than three million reports of alleged child abuse and neglect that year. However, two million of those complaints were without foundation or false!
In addition, our child protection laws, such as The Mondale Act and Megan's Law, have instigated and invited scores of anonymous and unfounded reports of abuse to be made.
Anonymous reporting of child abuse is an open invitation for governmental intrusion into American homes. This *parens patriae* mindset has spawned such child *advocate* leaders as Dr. C. Henry Kempe to champion government authorized visitations (totalitarianism) resulting in family *support* workers teaching parents, parenting! Click on *Beware The Child Protectors* and read about it, here!
A recently published abstract authored by experts at the Mayo Clinic sheds light on the difference between childrens' sexual behavior and child sexual abuse. The study shows with unwavering certainty that many children are sexually curious and the same need *not* be construed as *consistent with sexual abuse*. Click HERE
False allegations of sexual abuse or of child abuse demand immediate attention.
If you've been accused of a sex crime unjustly, you must fight back with a
vengeance to survive. The Tong's Tips and Referrals and Resources are a great
place to start if you have been falsely accused.
REMEMBER: Whether you've been accused of sexual child abuse, physical child abuse, domestic violence, or sexual harassment, you should consider following Tong's 2-Prong Test:
You must prove your innocence, which equates to psychological, and/or psychosexual testing; (for guidelines on test taking click here) and
You must impeach the credibility of your false accusers.
"We will not win the war against child abuse until we first win the battle against false accusations."
Dean Tong, Author/Forensic Consultant
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