Allyson Cordoni, APRN, CNP, SANE-A, SANE-P

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Medical, Sexual Abuse

Address

Sanford, NC
Phone: 210-289-5888
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Allyson Cordoni has over 20 years of experience in the field of nursing. She has conducted sexual assault exams on adults and children and provided professional training and consultation to many sexual assault prevention and response teams for the Department of Defense and civilian population. She has authored several peer-reviewed articles and provides expert testimony in the areas of sexual assault, domestic violence, pediatric sexual assault, interpersonal violence and strangulation.
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Amie Koch, DNP, FNP-C, RN, ACHPN

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Medical

Address

Durham, NC
Phone: (919) 451-6720
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A doctoral prepared nurse practitioner, practicing since 2004, Dr. Koch holds a national certification as a palliative care and hospice provider. She is an expert in working with people with chronic health conditions, people at the end of life, opioids, home health, pediatrics, medical ethics, and family meetings and communication. She is an expert in reviewing medical records and analysis. She also provides nursing education for new nurses and nurse practitioners. She has been published in peer reviewed medical and nursing journals as well as nursing textbooks. She has presented at national health care conferences.
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Amy D. James, PsyD

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych, Psychology, Sexual Abuse

Address

233 Middle St.
STE 203
New Bern, NC 28560
Phone: 252-639-2001
Fax: 252-639-2003
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Dr. James provides expert forensic evaluations, case consultation, subject matter expert testimony, and work product review for juvenile dependency, state criminal, and federal criminal cases. Dr. James also provides services in civil litigation. Dr. James is experienced in completing evaluations in capital and non-capital murder cases. These evaluations include mitigation, mental state at the time (diminished capacity, insanity), and sex-offender recidivism for juveniles and adults. Dr. James, as a military veteran, has special expertise in the assessment of active duty and veteran populations charged with serious crimes. Dr. James also provides trial consultation on cases involving child abuse allegations and child forensic interviewing and has done so nationally. Dr. James reviews the forensic interviews and compares them to published practice guidelines. She aids in assisting attorneys in preparation for direct and cross examination of child forensic interviewers and other mental health expert witnesses. Dr. James also is an expert at threat assessment, most specifically school threat assessment, and provides expert consultation and trial preparation or threat assessments in federal cases as well as juvenile cases. Other areas of expertise include parenting capacity evaluations and reviews thereof, and custody evaluations. Dr. James consults on cases state-wide.
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Bonnie Price, MSN, RN

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Medical, Nursing, Sexual Abuse

Address

St. Mary's Hospital
5801 Bremo Rd
Richmond, VA 23226
Phone: 804-281-8574

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Director of Forensic Nurse Examiners program at St. Mary's Hospital. Has consulted on NC cases. Teaches a training course for attorneys on forensic nurse examiners.
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Chris Van Ee, Ph.D., P.E.

Expertise: Accident Reconstruction, Child Abuse - Med, Medical

Address

46475 DeSoto Court
Novi, MI 48377
Phone: 248-668-5533
Alt Phone: 734-604-3340
Fax: 248-668-3460
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Impact Biomechanics, Accident Reconstruction, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Injury Causation.
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Christena Roberts, MD

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Medical, Pathology

Address

CJ Consulting of America, LLC
151 NC Highway 9, Suite B #201
Black Mountain, NC 28711
Phone: 352-562-1397 (cell)
Alt Phone: 352-362-3656 (alt)
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Former Assistant Chief Medical Examiner. Offers scientific review of the entire death investigation including autopsy reports and photos, police reports, medical records and all of the investigative information. Experience with Shaken Baby Syndrome allegations. Also has office in Hernando, FL.
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Cynthia J. Brown, MD

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Medical, Sexual Abuse

Address

Mission Children's Specialists
11 Vanderbilt Park Dr.
Asheville, NC 28803
Phone: 828-213-1740
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Has been used as expert for both defense and state. Areas of expertise include: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, failure to thrive, Munchausen by Proxy syndrome - Pediatric Condition Falsification, Traumatic brain injury/shaken baby syndrome.
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Daniel R. Beerman, MDiv, MSW, ACSW

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych

Address

Social Work & Child Welfare Consultation
PO Box 2112
Fairview, NC 28730
Phone: 336-749-0988
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Research scientist and professor of social work with expertise in review of DSS records.
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Eugenia Gullick, Ph.D.

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych, Sexual Abuse

Address

Gullick and Associates
6201 Fairview Road, Suite 200
Charlotte, NC 28210
Phone: 704-366-9940
Alt Phone: 704-366-9948
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Licensed Psychologist. Area of expertise: child sexual offenses.
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George R. Nichols II, MD

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Medical, Pathology

Address

Commonwealth Medical Legal Services, Inc.
Brownsboro Office Park, 6013 Brownsboro Park Boulevard, Suite D
Louisville, KY 40207
Phone: 502-899-9837
Alt Phone: 502-899-9838
Fax: 502-899-9840
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Medical legal consulting. Fields of specific interest: medical device related morbidity and mortality, child abuse, domestic violence, occupational disorders, clinical forensic medicine, medical negligence, and causation determination.
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Janice Ophoven, MD

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Medical, Pathology

Address

Janice Ophoven, MD & Associates
6494 Crackleberry Trail
Woodbury, MN 55129
Phone: 651-458-0541
Alt Phone: 651-458-0201
Fax: 651-768-0994
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Pediatric Forensic Pathologist. Specializes in Shaken Baby syndrome, sexual misuse, and SIDS.
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Jennifer Sapia, Ph.D.

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych, Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence, Intellectual Disability, Psychology

Address

Raleigh, Asheville and Southport, NC
Phone: 910-457-0800
Alt Phone: 910-622-4094
Fax: 910-457-1072
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Specializes in trauma and related disorders including child abuse/maltreatment, PTSD, military combat trauma, Intellectual Disability (ID), competency. Extensive experience across state, federal and military jurisdictions conducting assessments of capacity to proceed, criminal responsibility, and capital mitigation. Areas of particular interest/expertise include: trauma and related disorders, military trauma, the impact of child abuse and adverse childhood experiences, sanity/diminished capacity, intellectual disabilities, and sentencing/mitigation.
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Jerry W. Noble, Ph.D.

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych, Intellectual Disability, Psychology, Sexual Abuse

Address

84 West Walnut Street, Suite 405
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-255-1858
Fax: 828-333-4815
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Clinical psychologist who provides assessment and testimony regarding intimate partner/domestic violence, felony murder/relative culpability, child homicide, intellectual disability, sex offenses, arson, substance abuse and appellate issues.
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John Fairbank, Ph.D.

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych, Psychology

Address

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
411 W. Chapel Hill St., Box 104426
Durham, NC 27710
Phone: 919-613-9860
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Professor and Clinical Psychologist with expertise in PTSD. Has received awards for his work with child abuse and with veterans. Founding member of the Academy for Research on Traumatic Stress. In 2011 it appears he has not yet testified in a case.
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John H. Blackshear, Ph.D.

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych, Psychology, Sexual Abuse, Substance Abuse

Address

811 9th Street, Suite 120-156
Durham, NC 27705
Phone: 919-673-2261
Alt Phone: 919-816-5263
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Forensic Psychology; trauma due to family, community, and/or gang violence; substance abuse, physical, and sexual abuse; family systems and dynamics; psychological development; cultural and sexual identity issues; life skills coaching; learning disabilities and ADHD; conflict resolutions; self-mutilation; eating disorders; and others.
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John Helminski, Psy.D., ABPP

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych, Psychology, Sexual Abuse

Address

Box 177
1204 Village Market Place
Morrisville, NC 27560
Phone: 919-434-9824
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Dr. Helminski is a licensed psychologist who has over 25 years experience providing consultation to attorneys in child abuse cases. He regularly reviews evaluations and forensic interviews of children and adolescents who are alleged victims of maltreatment. Dr. Helminski has testified as an expert witness numerous times in child abuse cases. He has provided seminars for attorneys, judges and mental health professionals regarding forensic psychology issues.
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Madalyn E. Tyson, Ph.D.

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych, Psychology, Sexual Abuse

Address

16426 Hawfield Woods Ln
Charlotte, NC 28277-6108
Phone: 704-540-4291
Fax: 704-541-0319
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Psychologist. Specializes in children and adolescents and sexual abuse. On roster for Child Forensic Evaluation Program for NC.
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Maggie Bruck, Ph.D.

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych

Address

The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 550 Building, Rm 204B
600 North Wolfe St
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-614-1231
Fax: 443-287-4346
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Developmental psychology with major interests in the field of memory and language in normally developing children and children with developmental disorders and psychiatric disorders. Expertise in recantation.
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Matthew Mendel, Ph.D.

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych, Psychology, Sexual Abuse

Address

9360 Falls of Neuse Rd. Suite 205
Raleigh, NC 27615
Phone: 919-876-1313
Fax: 919-882-1567
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Psychologist. Expertise in the long-term impact of childhood abuse and trauma, including PTSD. Experience working with male survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
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Michael DeBellis, MD

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Child Abuse - Psych, Medical, Psychiatry

Address

Department of Psychiatry
Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center
Durham, NC
Phone: 919-419-3474 ext. 351
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Director of Healthy Childhood Brain Development and Developmental Traumatology Research Program. Professor of Psychiatry. Expertise on PTSD gene and PTSD and child abuse.
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Michael Tennison, MD

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Medical, Neurology

Address

UNC Dept of Neurology, Physicians Office Building
170 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone: 919-966-1401
Alt Phone: 919-966-8118

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Pediatric Neurologist. Specialties include epilepsy in childhood and neurogenetics.
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Nancy Berson, LCSW

Expertise: Child Abuse - Psych, Sexual Abuse

Address

UNC Department of Psychiatry, Childhood Trauma and Treatment, UNC-CH
CD 7164
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone: 919-966-1760
Fax: 919-966-7984
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Provides evaluation and treatment for children where issues of trauma or maltreatment are involved. Publications on child abuse and child sexual abuse.
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Patrick Lantz, MD

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Medical, Pathology

Address

WFU School of Medicine
WFUBMC, Medical Center Blvd
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Phone: 336-716-4311
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Specialties in forensic, clinical and anatomical pathology. Forsyth County Medical Examiner.
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Richard Azizkhan, MD

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Medical

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CEO and President of Children's Hospital and Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Phone: 800-833-3100

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Research on pediatric trauma, injury prevention, vascular malformation, and solid tumors in childhood.
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Sarah Monahan-Estes, MD

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med, Medical

Address

Mission Children's Hospital
509 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-213-1740
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Pediatric Hospitalist and Forensic Pediatrics/Child Abuse and Neglect. Works mainly as a witness for the State.
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Steven C. Gabaeff, MD

Expertise: Child Abuse - Med

Address

Healdsburg, CA
Phone: 916-342-4835

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Board certified in emergency medicine. Provides case consultation and expert testimony in cases involving Shaken Baby Syndrome allegations.
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The Innocence Network has created a resource for defenders which contains reports, scientific articles, motions, transcripts, and practice pointers for cases involving shaken baby allegations. Email Katherine Judson for information about accessing this website. It is a tremendous resource and worth the minimal effort to get access.

Contact Sarah Rackley Olson for full text articles and additional training materials on Shaken Baby Syndrome.

Reports and Publications

  • State of Michigan Governor’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Department of Health and Human Services: Forensic Interviewing Protocol

    State of Michigan Governor’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect and DHHS (2015). Forensic Interviewing Protocol (4th ed.) 

  • Structured forensic interview protocols improve the quality and informativeness of investigative interviews with children: A review of research using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol

    Lamb, M., Orbach, Y., Hershkowitz , Esplin,P ., Horowitz, I. (2007 ). A structured interview protocol improves the quality and informativeness of investigative interviews with children: A review of research using the NICHD investigative interview protocol. Child Abuse and Neglect. 31, 1201 1231.

  • Suggestibility of the Child Witness: A Historical Review and Synthesis

    Ceci , S., Bruck, M. (1993). The suggestibility of the child witness: a historical review and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin. 113, 403 439.

  • Can Children Be Useful Witnesses? It Depends How They Are Questioned

    Brown, D., Lamb, M. (2015 ). Can children be useful witnesses? It depends how they are questioned. Child Development Perspectives.

  • American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Practice Guidelines: Forensic Interviewing in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse

    American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. (2012). Practice guidelines: Forensic interviewing in cases of suspected child abuse. APSAC.

  • Childrens Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Criminal Trials: Assessing Defense Attacks on Credibility and Identifying Effective Prosecution Methods

    Date: February 2020

    Author: Stacia N. Stolzenberg

    Annotation: This study examined how attorneys establish and attack children’s credibility in cases that involve alleged child sexual abuse (CSA), and assessed how attorneys phrased questions for such children, how children responded, and whether questioning practices were sensitive to the developmental level of the child.

  • Overcoming Defense Expert Testimony in Abusive Head Trauma Cases

    National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse publication that provides information on how to rebut specific defense arguments.

  • Portable Guides to Investigating Child Abuse

    Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention publications that might be helpful in evaluating how a child abuse investigation was carried out.

  • Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guide that teaches techniques for investigating child deaths, including scene investigation, interview techniques, and reporting practices for investigators.

  • Traumatic shaking: The role of the triad in medical investigations of suspected traumatic shaking

    Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment 2016 review of the available scientific evidence finding:

    • There is limited scientific evidence that the triad and therefore its components can be associated with traumatic shaking (low quality evidence).
    • There is insufficient scientific evidence on which to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the triad in identifying traumatic shaking (very low quality evidence).
  • Recognizing When a Child’s Injury or Illness Is Caused by Abuse

    US DOJ guide to conducting an investigation of child injuries.

  • Examining Shaken Baby Syndrome Convictions in Light of New Medical Scientific Research

    Examines the controversy concerning Shaken Baby Syndrome and how emerging medical research is prompting the legal system to re-examine SBS convictions. Click on the link and then click Download This Paper at the top of the page to read the full article.

  • Shaken Baby Syndrome, Abusive Head Trauma, and Actual Innocence: Getting It Right

    Explains the history of the Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma diagnosis, discusses the ongoing debates around this diagnosis, reviews and critiques the scientific literature supporting the diagnosis, and discusses the appropriateness of testimony related to SBS/AHT under the Daubert standard. The full text article is available for free download by clicking the “download this paper” button.

  • Rethinking Shaken Baby Syndrome

    NPR investigative report from June 29, 2011 by Joseph Shapiro. Link contains audio and text.

  • The Child Cases

    PBS Frontline, ProPublica and NPR investigation from June 28, 2011 on sudden child deaths and the scientific research that has shown that investigations have been mishandled by medical examiners and coroners. This link contains a 30 minute documentary that can be watched online as well as articles and interviews on the topic

  • Science-Dependent Prosecution and the Problem of Epistemic Contingency: A Study of Shaken Baby Syndrome

    Law review article by Deborah Tuerkheimer that describes the trajectory of Shaken Baby Syndrome in criminal courts and critiques how criminal justice evolves in the wake of scientific change.

  • Shaken-Baby Syndrome Faces New Questions in Court

    by Emily Bazelon, New York Times Magazine

  • A biomechanical analysis of the causes of traumatic brain injury in infants and children

    by W. Goldsmith and J. Plunkett, Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2004 Jun; 25(2):89-100.

  • The cutaneous manifestations and common mimickers of physical child abuse

    by Shawna S. Mudd and Jeanne S. Findlay, J Pediatr Health Care. (2004). 18,123-129. Contact Sarah Rackley Olson about how to view the full text of this article.

  • Accidental Scald Burns in Sinks

    by M. Olivia Titus, Amy L. Baxter, and Suzanne P. Starling in Pediatrics 111(2):e191. (2003). This article evaluates accidental burn injuries similar to those found in inflicted injury and discusses information needed to distinguish the causes.

  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Child Sexual Abuse

    US DOJ guide on investigative techniques, using the presence of sexually transmitted disease, and identifying and eliminating suspects in sexual abuse cases.

  • Burn Injuries in Child Abuse

    US DOJ publication that gives information used by law enforcement officers and medical professionals to distinguish intentional burns from accidental contact. It includes descriptions of injuries and interviewing questions.

  • Fatal pediatric head injuries caused by short-distance falls

    by J. Plunkett. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2001 Mar 22(1):1-12.

  • Evaluating Physical Abuse in Children

    Provides general information about how law enforcement officers and medical professionals evaluate whether an injury, including fractures and burns, was intentional or accidental. It was published in 2000 in the American Family Physician.

From the Blog

  • Rare medical condition, not shaking, caused baby’s death, 3/13/2018
    Murder charges were dropped recently against a father in Randolph County charged with the death of his 11-week-old daughter. The baby’s treating physician indicated the death was caused by shaking or blunt force trauma. The defendant spent 158 days in jail prior to the charges being dismissed. The charges were dismissed when the forensic pathologist, …
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome: How Bad Science Can Result in False Confessions, 8/29/2014
    For the past decade, the theory of shaken baby syndrome has been under attack. See here and here.  In January, the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois granted Defendant Jennifer Del Prete’s habeas corpus petition where her conviction for first degree murder was based on faulty evidence of shaken baby syndrome.  Del …
  • New Research on Shaken Baby Syndrome, 7/21/2011
    New research by Canadian pathologist Evan Matshes challenges the opinion that death from shaking is due to brain trauma characterized by the “traditional triad” of injuries: subdural bleeding, retinal bleeding and brain swelling. His research, published in the July 2011 edition of the journal of American Forensic Pathology (available here: Shaken infants die of neck …
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Featured Articles

  • Cognitive bias in forensic pathology decisions, Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • Summary: The Little Rascals Daycare Case

    PBS Frontline (1997). Summary of the Little Rascal Daycare Case.

  • Feigned Consensus: Usurping the Law in Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma Prosecutions

    Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1461, 2019 by Keith Findley et al. This article, coauthored by four law professors, two physicians, and a physicist, demonstrates that there is very much a live controversy about the SBS/AHT hypothesis and maintains that, under traditional principles of Evidence law, physicians should not be permitted to “diagnose” abuse in court (as opposed to identifying specific symptoms or medical findings). Paper is available for free download.

Trainings

  • Webinar: Abusive Head Trauma, Godoy Medical Forensics
    Free to attend live webinar
  • Webinar: Best Practice Interviewing of Children in Sexual Abuse Cases
    Presenter: John Helminski. Offered by IDS, on June 25, 2020. Materials are available.
  • Detection and Visibility of Bruises Using Alternate Light: From Science to Practice

    This Forensic Technology Center of Excellence webinar will cover alternate light, its characteristics, and its behavior in response to potential bruises. The program will summarize the available research, including a recently completed study, on the effectiveness of alternate light as a tool for improving bruise detection. Participants will learn to recognize considerations for the clinical application of alternate light, particularly in the areas of forensic photography and medico-legal interpretation. 

Websites

  • NC Child Medical Evaluation Program

    CMEP has developed a statewide network of providers who perform medical and psychological assessments of children referred by DSS agencies. This website contains information about the program and other resources.

  • Experts in Child Sex Cases: Reversible Error in a Recent Case

    UNC School of Government blog post by Jessica Smith

  • Expert Testimony: “The Child Was Sexually Abused”

    UNC School of Government blog post by Jessica Smith

Attorneys may use or borrow these books from the IDS Forensic Library located in Durham.

Books

  • Child Welfare Law and Practice, Chapter 5: Investigative Interviewing of the Child

    Lyon, Thomas D. (in press). Investigative interviewing of the child. In D.N.
    Duquette & A.M. Haralambie (Eds.) Child Welfare Law and Practice (2d Ed.).
    Denver, CO: Bradford.

  • Randy Papetti, The Forensic Unreliability of The Shaken Baby Syndrome
  • Deborah Tuerkheimer, Flawed Convictions: “Shaken Baby Syndrome” and the Inertia of Injustice
  • William W. Shockley & Harold C. Pillsbury III, The Neck: Diagnosis and Surgery

Cases

  • People v. Bailey (2014)

    In this County Court (Monroe County, New York) case, Judge James J. Piampiano ordered a new trial for the defendant, who was previously convicted of Murder in the Second Degree, holding that newly discovered evidence regarding Shaken Baby Syndrome warranted vacatur. The court concluded that expert witness testimony based on a shift in medical consensus surrounding head injuries in children constituted “new evidence” of such character as to create a probability that the result would change if a new trial was granted. The court also characterized proffered testimony of a daycare worker who had not testified at trial as “credible and compelling,” but found it unnecessary to address whether or not this testimony constituted new evidence. People v. Bailey, 47 Misc.3d 355 (2014)*.

    *An appeal, linked here, was filed by the State challenging the finding that the proffered medical testimony constituted new evidence. The 2014 judgement was unanimously affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Millien (2016)

    In this Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case, Justice C.J. Gants held that the defendant was denied her right to effective assistance of counsel when her attorney failed to seek public funds in order to retain an expert witness to offer an opinion as to the cause of head injuries sustained by defendant’s infant child. The prosecution’s case at trial rested almost entirely on expert medical testimony and by failing to present the jury with the other side of the debate among the medical community surrounding the “triad” of symptoms associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome, the defendant’s attorney deprived her of a substantial defense that would otherwise have been available. Com. v. Millien, 474 Mass. 417 (2016).

  • State v. Bailey

    This 2014 NY decision grants a new trial to the Defendant. The decision describes how new medical research casts doubts on the Shaken Baby Syndrome hypothesis and shows that short falls (which this case involved) can cause death.

  • Aleman v. Village of Hanover Park

    662 F.3d 897 (2011).

    1983 claim where 7th Circuit Court of Appeals recognizes an interim lucid period between shaking and collapse

Child Abuse Allegations in the News

  • A star witness recanted. But Tasha Shelby is still imprisoned for “shaken baby syndrome” junk science, by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal, 10/19/2022
  • A Judge Says Shaken-Baby Cases Rely on ‘Junk Science’, by C.J. Ciaramella, Reason, 8/1/2022
  • Faulty Forensic Tests on Newborns Send Women to Prison, The Crime Report, 6/23/2022
  • New Texas law aims to protect parents wrongly accused of child abuse, by Mike Hixenbaugh and Keri Blakinger, NBC, 6/21/2021
  • Doctor removed from expert role in diagnosing child abuse amid questions about her credibility, by Mike Hixenbaugh and Taylor Mirfendereski, NBC, 3/25/2021
  • Opinion: Study finds cognitive bias in how medical examiners evaluate child deaths, by Radley Balko, Washington Post, 2/20/2021
  • Rosa Jimenez, convicted on “junk science”, set for release after more than 15 years in prison, by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal, 1/27/2021
  • Her Lawyers Say She Was Coerced to Plead Guilty to a Crime That Never Happened, by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, The Appeal, 9/23/2020
  • Click here for more articles on this topic

Child Abuse Allegations Experts

  • Richard Azizkhan, MD, Omaha, NE
  • Daniel R. Beerman, MDiv, MSW, ACSW, Fairview, NC
  • Nancy Berson, LCSW, Chapel Hill, NC
  • John H. Blackshear, Ph.D., Durham, NC
  • Cynthia J. Brown, MD, Asheville, NC
  • Maggie Bruck, Ph.D., Baltimore, MD
  • Allyson Cordoni, APRN, CNP, SANE-A, SANE-P, Sanford, NC
  • Michael DeBellis, MD, Durham, NC
  • John Fairbank, Ph.D., Durham, NC
  • Steven C. Gabaeff, MD, Healdsburg, CA
  • Eugenia Gullick, Ph.D., Charlotte, NC
  • John Helminski, Psy.D., ABPP, Morrisville, NC
  • Amy D. James, PsyD, New Bern, NC
  • Amie Koch, DNP, FNP-C, RN, ACHPN, Durham, NC
  • Patrick Lantz, MD, Winston-Salem, NC
  • Matthew Mendel, Ph.D., Raleigh, NC
  • Sarah Monahan-Estes, MD, Asheville, NC
  • George R. Nichols II, MD, Louisville, KY
  • Jerry W. Noble, Ph.D., Asheville, NC
  • Janice Ophoven, MD, Woodbury, MN
  • Bonnie Price, MSN, RN, Richmond, VA
  • Christena Roberts, MD, Black Mountain, NC
  • Jennifer Sapia, Ph.D., Raleigh, Asheville and Southport, NC
  • Michael Tennison, MD, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Madalyn E. Tyson, Ph.D., Charlotte, NC
  • Chris Van Ee, Ph.D., P.E., Novi, MI

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