@prefix rdf: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix owl: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix uco-core: . @prefix uco-identity: . @prefix uco-action: . @prefix cac-core: . @prefix cacontology-recantation: . rdf:type owl:Ontology ; rdfs:label "CAC Victim Recantation Ontology"@en ; rdfs:comment "An ontology for modeling child-victim statement change dynamics, recantation risk factors, coercive pressure contexts, and post-recantation investigative assessment in CAC investigations and prosecutions."@en ; owl:versionIRI ; owl:versionInfo "3.0.0" ; dcterms:creator "CAC Ontology Team" ; dcterms:issued "2026-03-13"^^xsd:date ; dcterms:modified "2026-03-13"^^xsd:date ; owl:imports , , , , , . # ============================================================================= # STATEMENT LIFECYCLE CLASSES # ============================================================================= cacontology-recantation:VictimStatement rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Victim Statement"@en ; rdfs:comment "A statement or account by a child victim concerning abuse, disclosure, denial, or recantation. Modeled as a gUFO Object to support linkage to persons, contexts, and investigative assessments."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf uco-core:UcoObject, cac-core:Artifact ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:DisclosureStatement rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Disclosure Statement"@en ; rdfs:comment "A statement in which a child victim discloses abuse or exploitation."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:VictimStatement ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:TentativeDisclosureStatement rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Tentative Disclosure Statement"@en ; rdfs:comment "A partial or testing-the-waters disclosure that precedes fuller disclosure."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:DisclosureStatement ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:PostDisclosureDenialStatement rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Post-Disclosure Denial Statement"@en ; rdfs:comment "A denial made after an earlier disclosure has already occurred."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:VictimStatement ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:RecantationStatement rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Recantation Statement"@en ; rdfs:comment "A statement in which a child victim retracts or disavows an earlier disclosure."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:PostDisclosureDenialStatement ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:PartialRecantationStatement rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Partial Recantation Statement"@en ; rdfs:comment "A recantation that withdraws only part of a prior disclosure or muddies the disclosure without fully retracting it."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:RecantationStatement ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:ReaffirmedDisclosureStatement rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Reaffirmed Disclosure Statement"@en ; rdfs:comment "A later statement that reaffirms an earlier disclosure after denial, pressure, or recantation."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:DisclosureStatement ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . # ============================================================================= # CONTEXT, RISK, AND PRESSURE CLASSES # ============================================================================= cacontology-recantation:StatementChangeContext rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Statement Change Context"@en ; rdfs:comment "A situation capturing the social, familial, investigative, and coercive conditions surrounding a victim's change in statement."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cac-core:Situation ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:RecantationRiskFactor rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Recantation Risk Factor"@en ; rdfs:comment "A factor correlated with increased likelihood of post-disclosure denial or recantation."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf uco-core:UcoObject, cac-core:AssessmentResult ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:UnsupportiveFamilyResponse rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Unsupportive Family Response"@en ; rdfs:comment "A family response that sides with the offender, undermines the child, or otherwise erodes support for the disclosure."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:RecantationRiskFactor ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:OffenderContactRisk rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Offender Contact Risk"@en ; rdfs:comment "A recantation risk created by continued offender access, visitation, or indirect contact after disclosure."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:RecantationRiskFactor ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:SiblingSeparationConcern rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Sibling Separation Concern"@en ; rdfs:comment "A concern that sibling removal, foster placement, or sibling separation may drive statement withdrawal."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:RecantationRiskFactor ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:SystemInterventionFear rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "System Intervention Fear"@en ; rdfs:comment "Fear of court, child-protection action, family breakup, or other multidisciplinary system consequences following disclosure."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:RecantationRiskFactor ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:CommunityPressureRisk rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Community Pressure Risk"@en ; rdfs:comment "A recantation risk created by pressure, shame, or expectation from community, school, faith, or other social networks."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:RecantationRiskFactor ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:RecantationPressure rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Recantation Pressure"@en ; rdfs:comment "A coercive or inducement-bearing action intended to influence a victim to deny, minimize, or retract a disclosure."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cac-core:Event ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:RecantationNotification rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Recantation Notification"@en ; rdfs:comment "An action in which a family member, caregiver, professional, or other person reports that a child has recanted or denied an earlier disclosure."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cac-core:Event ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . # ============================================================================= # INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSE CLASSES # ============================================================================= cacontology-recantation:RecantationAssessment rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Recantation Assessment"@en ; rdfs:comment "An investigative or prosecutorial assessment of a recantation, its credibility, surrounding pressures, and implications for case strategy."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cac-core:InvestigativeAction ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:PostRecantationForensicInterview rdf:type owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Post-Recantation Forensic Interview"@en ; rdfs:comment "A follow-up forensic interview conducted after recantation or denial to explore circumstances, pressure, and statement change dynamics."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf cacontology-recantation:RecantationAssessment ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . # ============================================================================= # DATATYPE PROPERTIES # ============================================================================= cacontology-recantation:statementDate rdf:type owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "statement date"@en ; rdfs:comment "The date and time when the statement was made or recorded."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:VictimStatement ; rdfs:range xsd:dateTime ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:riskFactorCategory rdf:type owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "risk factor category"@en ; rdfs:comment "A normalized category for the recantation risk factor."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:RecantationRiskFactor ; rdfs:range xsd:string ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:pressureMethod rdf:type owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "pressure method"@en ; rdfs:comment "The method used to pressure or induce recantation."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:RecantationPressure ; rdfs:range xsd:string ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:notificationChannel rdf:type owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "notification channel"@en ; rdfs:comment "The channel through which the recantation was reported or communicated."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:RecantationNotification ; rdfs:range xsd:string ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:assessmentDisposition rdf:type owl:DatatypeProperty ; rdfs:label "assessment disposition"@en ; rdfs:comment "The investigative or case-strategy disposition reached after assessing the recantation."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:RecantationAssessment ; rdfs:range xsd:string ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . # ============================================================================= # OBJECT PROPERTIES # ============================================================================= cacontology-recantation:statementMadeBy rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "statement made by"@en ; rdfs:comment "Links a victim statement to the person who made it."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:VictimStatement ; rdfs:range uco-identity:Person ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:statementReceivedBy rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "statement received by"@en ; rdfs:comment "Links a victim statement to the person who received or documented it."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:VictimStatement ; rdfs:range uco-identity:Person ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:statementAboutEvent rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "statement about event"@en ; rdfs:comment "Links a victim statement to the abuse or exploitation event it concerns."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:VictimStatement ; rdfs:range uco-action:Crime ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:retractsStatement rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "retracts statement"@en ; rdfs:comment "Links a recantation statement to the prior disclosure statement that it retracts or disavows."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:RecantationStatement ; rdfs:range cacontology-recantation:DisclosureStatement ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:reaffirmsStatement rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "reaffirms statement"@en ; rdfs:comment "Links a reaffirmed disclosure to the earlier disclosure that it restores or confirms."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:ReaffirmedDisclosureStatement ; rdfs:range cacontology-recantation:DisclosureStatement ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:occursWithinContext rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "occurs within context"@en ; rdfs:comment "Links a statement to the broader statement-change context in which it occurred."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:VictimStatement ; rdfs:range cacontology-recantation:StatementChangeContext ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:hasRecantationRiskFactor rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "has recantation risk factor"@en ; rdfs:comment "Links a statement-change context to a risk factor present in the case."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:StatementChangeContext ; rdfs:range cacontology-recantation:RecantationRiskFactor ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:involvesPressureAction rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "involves pressure action"@en ; rdfs:comment "Links a statement-change context to a pressure action associated with denial or recantation."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:StatementChangeContext ; rdfs:range cacontology-recantation:RecantationPressure ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:reportedThroughNotification rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "reported through notification"@en ; rdfs:comment "Links a statement-change context to the notification action through which the recantation was reported."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:StatementChangeContext ; rdfs:range cacontology-recantation:RecantationNotification ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:assessedByAction rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "assessed by action"@en ; rdfs:comment "Links a statement-change context to an assessment action evaluating the recantation."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:StatementChangeContext ; rdfs:range cacontology-recantation:RecantationAssessment ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso . cacontology-recantation:followedByInterview rdf:type owl:ObjectProperty ; rdfs:label "followed by interview"@en ; rdfs:comment "Links a statement-change context to a follow-up forensic interview conducted after the statement change."@en ; rdfs:domain cacontology-recantation:StatementChangeContext ; rdfs:range cacontology-recantation:PostRecantationForensicInterview ; dcterms:source "Robert Peters, 'Winning Without Words: Prosecuting Cases with Recanting or Nonverbal Victims' (Coursing Justice presentation, 2026), and companion transcript 'Recantation 101' (2026)."@en ; rdfs:seeAlso .