 Victor reviewed 21 court cases alleging SRA between 1983 and 1987 in which no prosecutions were obtained for ritual abuse.During the early 1980s, some courts attempted "ad hoc" accommodations to address the anxieties of child witnesses in relation to testifying before defendants.Screens or CCTV technology are a common feature of child sexual assault trials today; children in the early 1980s were typically forced into direct visual contact with the accused abuser while in court.