Particularisation of Child Abuse Offences
Common Problems when Questioning Child Witnesses
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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 need for exceptional interviewer training programs coupled with resources for ongoing supervision is now critical. While there have been some major improvements in child witness investigative interviews over the past two decades, there are still numerous common deficiencies. These difficulties are particularly evident in interviews about repeated abuse
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Maltreated children's ability to estimate temporal location and numerosity of placement changes and court visits
Evaluation of a comprehensive interactive training system for investigative interviewers of children
Exploring Frequency Reports as Described by Judges in Timely and Delayed Canadian Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Comparing children's and adults’ accounts of childhood injuries
Facilitating recall and particularisation of repeated events in adults using a multi-method interviewing format
Police officers’ perceptions of specialist training, skills and qualities needed to investigate sexual crime
Improving the competency of police officers in conducting investigative interviews with children
Trial of three investigative interview techniques with minimally verbal adults reporting about occurrences of a staged repeated event
Designing Effective Training Programs for Investigative Interviewers of Children
Giving Voice in Court
The origin, experimental basis, and application of the standard interview method
Perception and communication.
Scripts in memory for text
Assessing the value of structured protocols for forensic interviews of alleged child abuse victims
Recent research on children’s testimony about experienced and witnessed events
Guide to questioning children during the free-narrative phase of an investigative interview
Constructive processing in children's event memory
The effects of repeated experience on children's suggestibility
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