CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 1193
Testimony on Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation
Syndrome
Y ou have heard testimony from <insert name of expert>
regarding child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome.
Child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome relates to a pattern of
behavior that may be present in child sexual abuse cases. Testimony as
to the accommodation syndrome is offered only to explain certain
behavior of an alleged victim of child sexual abuse.
’s <insert name of expert> testimony about child sexual
abuse accommodation syndrome is not evidence that the defendant
committed any of the crimes charged against (him/her) [or any conduct
or crime[s] with which (he/she) was not charged].
Y ou may consider this evidence only in deciding whether or not
’s <insert name of alleged victim of abuse> conduct was
consistent with the conduct of someone who has been molested, and in
evaluating the believability of the alleged victim.
New January 2006; Revised August 2016, April 2020, March 2021, September 2022,
September 2024*
* Denotes changes only to bench notes and other commentaries.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2025
- Content hash
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