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A national survey of child forensic interviewers: Implications for research, practice, and law.
Law and Human Behavior ( IF 3.870 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-01 , DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000368
Melanie B Fessinger 1 , Bradley D McAuliff 1
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OBJECTIVE We surveyed a national sample of child forensic interviewers to learn the types of information they wanted to have before interviewing children, their attitudes and beliefs about forensic interviews, the characteristics of their interviews, and their professional experiences. HYPOTHESES We predicted (1) interviewers would want many different types of information before interviewing children, but specifically details about the child, alleged abuse, and disclosure, and that interviewers would find this information helpful and accessible; (2) interviewers would consider their own interviews to be neutral and nonleading and to yield accurate and complete information from children; interviewers' concern about false reports would be related to (3) the amount of preinterview information they wanted and (4) their years of experience and amount of training. METHOD Forensic interviewers (N = 781) from all 50 states and the District of Columbia completed all (n = 754) or part (n = 27) of a questionnaire that consisted of open- and closed-ended questions. RESULTS (1) Interviewers wanted many different types of information before interviewing children, but most often information about the child, alleged abuse, and disclosure. They thought these types of information were the most helpful and very frequently had access to that information before interviewing. (2) Interviewers thought their interviews were fairly neutral, slightly leading, mostly accurate, and fairly complete. Interviewers who were more concerned about false denials (3) wanted more preinterview information than interviewers who were more concerned about false allegations and (4) had fewer years of experience. CONCLUSIONS Our survey results underscore the need for future research examining the effects of preinterview information on forensic interviews and children's reports. They provide a current snapshot of forensic interviewing and a national benchmark to which local child advocacy centers can compare their practices. They highlight the inherent difficulty courts face when determining the admissibility of a child forensic interview based on its primary purpose. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译:

全国儿童法医访问者调查:对研究,实践和法律的影响。

目的我们调查了一个全国性的儿童法医访谈员样本,以了解他们在采访儿童之前想要获得的信息类型,他们对法医访谈的态度和信念,他们的访谈的特点以及他们的专业经验。假设我们假设(1)面试者在面试孩子之前会希望获得许多不同类型的信息,但是要特别提供有关孩子,涉嫌虐待和披露的详细信息,并且面试官会发现此信息有用且可访问;(2)面试官会认为自己的面试是中立且无领导力的,并能从儿童那里获得准确,完整的信息;面试官 对虚假报道的担忧将与(3)他们想要的面试前信息的数量以及(4)他们的经验和培训的数量有关。方法来自美国50个州和哥伦比亚特区的法医访问员(N = 781)完成了由开放式和封闭式问题组成的问卷的全部(n = 754)或部分(n = 27)。结果(1)采访者在采访儿童之前希望获得许多不同类型的信息,但最常见的是有关儿童,涉嫌虐待和披露的信息。他们认为这些类型的信息最有帮助,并且在面试之前经常访问这些信息。(2)采访者认为他们的采访是中立的,稍有领先,大多是准确的,并且相当完整。与更关注虚假指控的访问者相比,更关注虚假否认的访问者(3)希望获得更多的采访前信息,并且(4)经验较少。结论我们的调查结果强调了未来的研究需求,即检查采访前信息对法医采访和儿童报告的影响。他们提供了法医采访的最新快照,以及当地儿童倡导中心可以比较其做法的国家基准。它们突显了法院在根据儿童司法鉴定的主要目的确定可受理性时,面临的固有困难。(PsycINFO数据库记录(c)2020 APA,保留所有权利)。
更新日期:2020-04-01
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