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Apparently, he has a biography, formerly located at a now removed external link. Any help finding this would be appreciated. Daniel Lièvre ( talk) 18:56, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
According to the article on Peter Ellis and the Christchurch Civic Creche case, 'Finkelhor's work has since been discredited' (Section, 'Smart Report'). The 'work' concerned is that documented in his book 'Nursery Crimes' which is discredited by association. This is not mentioned anywhere I can see in the article, which treats this and other works of his as authoritative. They can't both be right.
I am aware, and editors are probably aware, of the ideological element in 'expert' work on child abuse, and it's advisable to know the standpoint any 'expert' adopts. Chrismorey ( talk) 16:32, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
This article still needs needs work to ensure accuracy, fairness and due weight per WP:BLP and WP:NPOV. Criticism may be warranted where appropriate, but should not dominate, nor distort the big picture. From my incomplete survey of a diversity of sources, Finkelhor is widely cited in books and journals ( h-index of 148 and i10-index of 364 according to Google Scholar) and still widely considered an authority in childhood abuse and domestic violence (still routinely interviewed and quoted), although some of his work in relation to ritualistic abuse has been criticized (perhaps even "discredited"). Care should be taken to ensure that criticism of some research is not worded to imply that all of his research is suspect, discredited, or controversial, nor to imply a false-equivalence, i.e. that all criticism is equally valid (critics appear to include Mary de Young, Bruce Rind, and Debbie Nathan), nor that the critic's view is necessarily more correct. I place here a wide selection of sources that might be used to improve the biography. I'm not advocating that every source needs be included, nor that every study he's done need mention. But every fact should be appropriate and every sentence have a purpose that makes sense in the article overall. --Animalparty! ( talk) 23:15, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
A new study of family violence and older Americans has found that the elderly are much more likely to be physically or verbally abused by their spouses than by their children...
Dr. David Finkelhor, a New Hampshire sociologist who is a widely recognized authority on the subject [of child molestation]...
The publicity and media furor generated by the best-known cases created controversy over the true nature and extent of the missing and exploited child problem in America. As a result, Congress directed that a national incidence study be undertaken by the Justice Department. The research - conducted by David Finkelhor of the University of New Hampshire, Gerald Hotaling of the University of Lowell, and Andrea Sedlak of Westat, Inc., and released in 1990 - provided the first comprehensive, scientific examination of the situation, consistent definitions, and a platform for doing more extensive research and analysis...
University of New Hampshire professor David Finkelhor, widely considered the premier researcher on crimes against children, reports that substantiated cases of child sexual abuse have declined 53 percent since 1990...
Finkelhor is widely cited for his work showing that many forms of childhood victimization have been declining in recent years, in contrast to widespread public perceptions
Recent thinking among social workers is also based on the work of David Finkelhor, author of Nursery Crimes, published in 1988. Mr Finkelhor, who endorsed unsubstantiated reports of ritual abuse, defined three types: mentally disturbed abusers acting singly or in couples; pseudo-satanic abuse in which abusers use occult trappings to abuse; and members of rings, which link into international networks of satanists.
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Apparently, he has a biography, formerly located at a now removed external link. Any help finding this would be appreciated. Daniel Lièvre ( talk) 18:56, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
According to the article on Peter Ellis and the Christchurch Civic Creche case, 'Finkelhor's work has since been discredited' (Section, 'Smart Report'). The 'work' concerned is that documented in his book 'Nursery Crimes' which is discredited by association. This is not mentioned anywhere I can see in the article, which treats this and other works of his as authoritative. They can't both be right.
I am aware, and editors are probably aware, of the ideological element in 'expert' work on child abuse, and it's advisable to know the standpoint any 'expert' adopts. Chrismorey ( talk) 16:32, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
This article still needs needs work to ensure accuracy, fairness and due weight per WP:BLP and WP:NPOV. Criticism may be warranted where appropriate, but should not dominate, nor distort the big picture. From my incomplete survey of a diversity of sources, Finkelhor is widely cited in books and journals ( h-index of 148 and i10-index of 364 according to Google Scholar) and still widely considered an authority in childhood abuse and domestic violence (still routinely interviewed and quoted), although some of his work in relation to ritualistic abuse has been criticized (perhaps even "discredited"). Care should be taken to ensure that criticism of some research is not worded to imply that all of his research is suspect, discredited, or controversial, nor to imply a false-equivalence, i.e. that all criticism is equally valid (critics appear to include Mary de Young, Bruce Rind, and Debbie Nathan), nor that the critic's view is necessarily more correct. I place here a wide selection of sources that might be used to improve the biography. I'm not advocating that every source needs be included, nor that every study he's done need mention. But every fact should be appropriate and every sentence have a purpose that makes sense in the article overall. --Animalparty! ( talk) 23:15, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
A new study of family violence and older Americans has found that the elderly are much more likely to be physically or verbally abused by their spouses than by their children...
Dr. David Finkelhor, a New Hampshire sociologist who is a widely recognized authority on the subject [of child molestation]...
The publicity and media furor generated by the best-known cases created controversy over the true nature and extent of the missing and exploited child problem in America. As a result, Congress directed that a national incidence study be undertaken by the Justice Department. The research - conducted by David Finkelhor of the University of New Hampshire, Gerald Hotaling of the University of Lowell, and Andrea Sedlak of Westat, Inc., and released in 1990 - provided the first comprehensive, scientific examination of the situation, consistent definitions, and a platform for doing more extensive research and analysis...
University of New Hampshire professor David Finkelhor, widely considered the premier researcher on crimes against children, reports that substantiated cases of child sexual abuse have declined 53 percent since 1990...
Finkelhor is widely cited for his work showing that many forms of childhood victimization have been declining in recent years, in contrast to widespread public perceptions
Recent thinking among social workers is also based on the work of David Finkelhor, author of Nursery Crimes, published in 1988. Mr Finkelhor, who endorsed unsubstantiated reports of ritual abuse, defined three types: mentally disturbed abusers acting singly or in couples; pseudo-satanic abuse in which abusers use occult trappings to abuse; and members of rings, which link into international networks of satanists.