What is sexual abuse accommodation syndrome?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McLish, C076480 (Cal. App. 2015):
sexual abuse accommodation syndrome used for disabusing a jury of misconceptions it might hold about how a child reacts to molestation. (People v. Harlan (1990) 222 Cal.App.3d 439, 449 [the "Kelly/Frye rule does not apply to this type of evidence"].)
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