Paul and Shirley Eberle

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Paul R. Eberle and Shirley Eberle are American authors. Paul Eberle is a former writer for the Los Angeles Free Press . [1]

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Publications

In the 1970s, the Eberles published a pornographic publication called Finger. [2]

In 1972 they wrote The Adventures of Mrs. Pussycat, a children's book illustrated by Anthony De Rosa.

In the 1970s, they published the pornographic underground paper L.A. Star, sold in news racks throughout Los Angeles and other cities and states. [2] [3] [1]

They published The Politics of Child Abuse in 1986. It discusses false allegation of child sexual abuse in the day care sex abuse hysteria. [4] [3] [1]

In 1993 they published The Abuse of Innocence on the McMartin preschool trial. [5] Alan Dershowitz called the book "... a wake-up call to those who believe that prosecutors and their experts can be trusted to do justice in the emotional context of child abuse." [6] [1]

In 2006, Paul Eberle published a book on road rage called Terror on the Highway. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About Paul Eberle". Moon Mac. Archived from the original on 1998-12-02. Retrieved 2007-08-21. Paul Eberle is a published author. At the time Thralawattle was created, Paul, his wife Shirley, and I were working for the Los Angeles Free Press during those interesting years 1966-1970.
  2. 1 2 John Earl. "Child Pornography, The Politics of Child Abuse, and the Abuse of Innocence: Analysis and Commentary". Institute for Psychological Therapies . Retrieved 2007-09-25. LAPD vice cops made many fruitless attempts to bring the Eberles to trial on obscenity charges. Former Finger layout artist Bob Moritz recalls that the Eberles were "pursued bitterly" by police in an effort to break them financially and stop publication of Finger and the L.A. Star. ...
  3. 1 2 Maria Laurina (1988). "Paul and Shirley Eberle: A Strange Pair of Experts". Ms. Magazine . Retrieved 2007-08-21. Paul and Shirley Eberle wrote The Politics of Child Abuse, a book that accuses mothers, mental health professionals, and prosecutors of feeding children stories about sexual abuse. Since the book was published by Lyle Stuart in 1986, the Eberles have been cited as experts in sexual abuse trials. They were featured speakers at a conference of the Victims of Child Abuse Laws, a group formed to protect accused parents.
  4. Paul and Shirley Eberle (1986). The Politics of Child Abuse. L. Stuart. ISBN   0-8184-0415-9.
  5. 1 2 Stires, Lloyd K. (1993). "America's Longest and Costliest Criminal Trial". Skeptical Inquirer. pp. 73–75. Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2020-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. Paul and Shirley Eberle (1993). The Abuse of Innocence: The McMartin Preschool Trial. Prometheus Books. ISBN   0-87975-809-0.
  7. Paul Eberle (2006). Terror on the Highway: Rage on America's Roads. Prometheus Books. ISBN   1-59102-379-3.