Tell Me What Happened : Structured Investigative Interviews of Child Victims and Witnesses

by Lamb, Michael E.; Hershkowitz, Irit; Orbach, Yael; Esplin, Phillip W.

• ISBN13: 9780470518663
• ISBN10: 0470518669
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-09
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Investigation of child abuse is often hampered by doubts about the reliability of children as only sources of information. Over the last decade, consensus has been reached about children's limitations and competencies. New for the Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law, Tell Me What Happened summarizes key research on children's memory, communicative skills and social tendencies, describes how it can be incorporated into a specific structured interview technique and reviews evidence involving more than 40,000 alleged victims.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	p. vii
Series Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Interviewing Children About Abuse: An Overview and Introduction	p. 1
Factors Affecting the Capacities and Limitations of Young Witnesses	p. 19
How do Investigators Typically Interview Alleged Victims?	p. 63
The NICHD Investigative Interview Protocols for Young Victims and Witnesses	p. 83
Does Use of the Protocol Affect the Way Investigators Interview Alleged Victims and Witnesses?	p. 103
Interviewing Suspected Victims Under Six Years of Age	p. 137
The Effects of the Protocol on the Broader Investigative Process	p. 165
Interviewing Reluctant Suspected Victims and Suspects	p. 185
Interviewing Children with Intellectual and Communicative Difficulties	p. 243
Promoting and Maintaining Developmentally-Appropriate Interviewing by Training Interviewers	p. 253
What Has Been Achieved: What Else Needs to Be Done?	p. 267
Investigative Interview Protocol	p. 283
Focused Questions about Tactile Contact [Touching]	p. 301
Interview Guide for Youthful Suspects	p. 307
References	p. 317
Index	p. 355
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