Belinda Guadagno
Biographic Data
| ID | 6607401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Belinda Guadagno |
| GIVEN NAMES | Belinda |
| FAMILY NAME | Guadagno |
| SIGNATURE | GUADAGNO B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9954-2314 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Trauma-informed policing: A scoping review
Trauma-informed policing focuses on reducing the long-term impacts of trauma and minimising re-traumatisation. An increasing understanding of the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and the use of trauma-informed practices highlights the potential benefits of trauma-informed approaches within policing. This scoping review includes papers published between 2000 and October 2025, sourced from PsycINFO, Scopus, SocINDEX, Criminal Justice Abstra…
Interviewers’ perceptions of interviewing Aboriginal Australian children
Children from Indigenous cultures experience higher rates of abuse than non-Indigenous children, and their cases face extra challenges progressing through the legal system. When abuse is reported, an investigative interview is conducted with the child. The current study aimed to examine interviewers’ perceptions of interviewing Aboriginal Australian children. Sixteen experienced interviewers participated in semi-structured interviews about their …
Do patron bans act as a deterrent to future anti-social offending? An analysis of banning and offending data from Victoria, Australia
Police-imposed patron bans seek to reduce alcohol-related harm in and around licensed premises. This study examined the offending records of people who received bans and explored whether anti-social offences reduced after the imposition of a police-imposed ban. A de-identified dataset was obtained from Victoria Police, comprising persons who received police-imposed bans in one Australian city between 2010 and 2017. Analyses were conducted to exam…
Off the rails—Evaluating the nightlife impact of Melbourne, Australia’s 24-h public transport trial
Improving child investigative interviewer performance through computer-based learning activities
The current study adopted a pre- versus post-training design and a standardised measure of performance to evaluate the effectiveness of a series of online computerbased learning activities designed to encourage open-ended question usage among investigative interviewers of children. Participants included 61 social workers, police and psychologists. The learning activities, organised into 12 modules of approximately 3 hours duration each, focused p…
A qualitative examination of police officers' questioning of children about repeated events
For an offender to be convicted in relation to repeated child abuse, most jurisdictions require that each separate act be identified with reasonable precision with reference to time, place, or some other unique contextual detail (S v. R, 1989 1989. S v. R 168 CLR 266 [Google Scholar]). The current study provided a qualitative examination of the way in which police officers assist children to identify and distinguish between occurrences of a repea…
Particularisation of Child Abuse Offences: Common Problems when Questioning Child Witnesses
Prosecuting child abusers is often difficult due to lack of particularising details. Two possible ways of addressing this difficulty are: (a) to change the justice system to better serve prosecution for repeated offences (i.e., allow generic testimony), and (b) to bolster children's testimony. As this article has illustrated, there is still considerable potential for increasing (b). Given the low prosecution rates of child abuse offences, the nee…
Improving child investigative interviewer performance through computer-based learning activities
The current study adopted a pre- versus post-training design and a standardised measure of performance to evaluate the effectiveness of a series of online computerbased learning activities designed to encourage open-ended question usage among investigative interviewers of children. Participants included 61 social workers, police and psychologists. The learning activities, organised into 12 modules of approximately 3 hours duration each, focused p…
Do patron bans act as a deterrent to future anti-social offending? An analysis of banning and offending data from Victoria, Australia
Police-imposed patron bans seek to reduce alcohol-related harm in and around licensed premises. This study examined the offending records of people who received bans and explored whether anti-social offences reduced after the imposition of a police-imposed ban. A de-identified dataset was obtained from Victoria Police, comprising persons who received police-imposed bans in one Australian city between 2010 and 2017. Analyses were conducted to exam…
Particularisation of Child Abuse Offences: Common Problems when Questioning Child Witnesses
Prosecuting child abusers is often difficult due to lack of particularising details. Two possible ways of addressing this difficulty are: (a) to change the justice system to better serve prosecution for repeated offences (i.e., allow generic testimony), and (b) to bolster children's testimony. As this article has illustrated, there is still considerable potential for increasing (b). Given the low prosecution rates of child abuse offences, the nee…
A qualitative examination of police officers' questioning of children about repeated events
For an offender to be convicted in relation to repeated child abuse, most jurisdictions require that each separate act be identified with reasonable precision with reference to time, place, or some other unique contextual detail (S v. R, 1989 1989. S v. R 168 CLR 266 [Google Scholar]). The current study provided a qualitative examination of the way in which police officers assist children to identify and distinguish between occurrences of a repea…
Improving child investigative interviewer performance through computer-based learning activities
The current study adopted a pre- versus post-training design and a standardised measure of performance to evaluate the effectiveness of a series of online computerbased learning activities designed to encourage open-ended question usage among investigative interviewers of children. Participants included 61 social workers, police and psychologists. The learning activities, organised into 12 modules of approximately 3 hours duration each, focused p…
Off the rails—Evaluating the nightlife impact of Melbourne, Australia’s 24-h public transport trial
Interviewers’ perceptions of interviewing Aboriginal Australian children
Children from Indigenous cultures experience higher rates of abuse than non-Indigenous children, and their cases face extra challenges progressing through the legal system. When abuse is reported, an investigative interview is conducted with the child. The current study aimed to examine interviewers’ perceptions of interviewing Aboriginal Australian children. Sixteen experienced interviewers participated in semi-structured interviews about their …
Do patron bans act as a deterrent to future anti-social offending? An analysis of banning and offending data from Victoria, Australia
Police-imposed patron bans seek to reduce alcohol-related harm in and around licensed premises. This study examined the offending records of people who received bans and explored whether anti-social offences reduced after the imposition of a police-imposed ban. A de-identified dataset was obtained from Victoria Police, comprising persons who received police-imposed bans in one Australian city between 2010 and 2017. Analyses were conducted to exam…
Trauma-informed policing: A scoping review
Trauma-informed policing focuses on reducing the long-term impacts of trauma and minimising re-traumatisation. An increasing understanding of the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and the use of trauma-informed practices highlights the potential benefits of trauma-informed approaches within policing. This scoping review includes papers published between 2000 and October 2025, sourced from PsycINFO, Scopus, SocINDEX, Criminal Justice Abstra…
Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Deception detection and forensic psychology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Memory Processes and Influences (3 works) · Poison control (3 works)