Or, it may have been the worst miscarriage of justice in North America involving this form of crime, resulting in jailing almost 100 adults for crimes that never happened. We have insufficient evidence to reach a conclusion. In some cases, the parent will have previously suffered from serious psychiatric problems. They are untrained in child interview techniques. As a result, their children sometimes invent stories to satisfy the prolonged and manipulative questioning.
Parents create a telephone network to share the latest rumors.
Hysteria builds in the community. Cross-germination of ideas occurs among the parents. Many children in the day care are interviewed repeatedly. Often the interviewers are themselves survivors of childhood abuse. The social workers or child psychologists use direct, repeated questions.