Investigative Interviews of Children: A Guide for Helping Professionals
Interviewing Children for investigative purposes is a specialized skill. Professional interviewers need to be able to conduct interviews that bear scrutiny from outside agencies and also serve the best interests of children. In clear, engaging language, this book corrects the common misunderstandings about adult-child conversational exchanges and provides guidelines for interviewers, based on the most up-to-date research. It also presents a flexible interview protocol that can be tailored to...
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Interviewing Children for investigative purposes is a specialized skill. Professional interviewers need to be able to conduct interviews that bear scrutiny from outside agencies and also serve the best interests of children. In clear, engaging language, this book corrects the common misunderstandings about adult-child conversational exchanges and provides guidelines for interviewers, based on the most up-to-date research. It also presents a flexible interview protocol that can be tailored to meet individual needs. Investigative Interviews of Children will be invaluable not only to child protection workers, lawyers, law enforcement officers, and psychologists, but also to other mental health professionals, educators, and parents. Booknews Corrects some widespread misconceptions about conversations between adults and children, and offers guidelines for conducting interviews that withstand scrutiny from outside agencies and also serve the best interests of the children. The child protection crisis, difficulties of alleged abuse cases, children's strengths and weaknesses as information sources, language development, and drawings and anatomically detailed dolls are among the topics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
PrefacePt. IThe Backdrop for Investigative Interviews1Children as Witnesses: The Tragedy and the Dilemma72Strengths and Weaknesses of Children as Witnesses: Implications for Developmentally Sensitive Interviewing33Pt. IIInterview Protocols3The Development of Interview Protocols814A Flexible Interview Protocol105Pt. IIICustomizing Interviews5Talking to Children1536Ancillary Techniques181Pt. IVProfessional Development Issues7Improving Judgment and Decision Making2098Keeping Pace With Changing Standards239Epilogue251References253Index285About the Authors295
\ BooknewsCorrects some widespread misconceptions about conversations between adults and children, and offers guidelines for conducting interviews that withstand scrutiny from outside agencies and also serve the best interests of the children. The child protection crisis, difficulties of alleged abuse cases, children's strengths and weaknesses as information sources, language development, and drawings and anatomically detailed dolls are among the topics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
