child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome

child-sexual-abuse accommodation syndrome. The supposed medical and psychological condition of a child who has suffered repeated instances of sexual abuse, usu. from a relative or family friend. • This so-called “syndrome” has been repudiated by the scientific community. It cannot be validated and thus cannot discriminate between abuse and nonabuse cases. — Abbr. CSAAS. — Also termed child-sexual-abuse syndrome. [Cases: Criminal Law 474.4(4).]

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