Forensic Interviews Regarding Child Sexual Abuse A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Donohue, William T. (Editor), Fanetti, Matthew (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Pediatrics.; Social work.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Law and Psychology.; Social Work.; Child and School Psychology.

This wide-ranging volume combines the current findings and frontline knowledge working practitioners need to know about forensic interviewing of children in sexual abuse cases. Coverage begins with the basics: legal and ethical principles, interview planning and procedure, psychometric and cultural...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Issues
• Histgory of child forensic interviewing: important cases and trends. - How memory works
• Basic principles of interviewing children and adolescents
• Understanding suggestibility
• The major interviewing protocols: content and psychometrics
• Evaluating forensic interviews
• Understanding relevant case law and statutes
• Courtroom testimony and expert witnesses
• The process of disclosure for children
• Truth, lies and recantations
• Child abusers' threats and grooming
• Culture issues
• Working with others: the roles of the medical examination, prosecuter, defense
• Important Components of a Forsensic Interview
• Preparing for the interview
• What to avoid and how
• What to assess and how
• What to do when disclosure does not happen
• What to do in special cases
• Integrating information and drawing conclusions.