In cases of repeated victimisation, a complainant’s statement of abuse, and therefore memory, is often critical evidence for forensic investigations and legal proceedings. It is therefore important to understand the functioning of adults’ memory for repeated events. As such, the purpose of this paper was to review the extant literature on adult memory for instances of a repeated event. The results of the review revealed a small number of heterogeneous studies on adult repeated-event memory (N = 12). The literature so far shows that while adults might have difficulty in recalling information specific to instances (narrow accuracy), they are capable of remembering information across multiple instances (broad accuracy). It was also found that several factors may impact recall of instances including age, the number of experienced instances, rehearsing an event, repeated retrieval and event distinctiveness. The discussion highlights the forensic implications of this research and future research directions.

在反复受害的情况下，投诉人的虐待陈述以及因此而引起的记忆通常是法医调查和法律诉讼的重要证据。因此，重要的是要了解成年人对重复事件的记忆功能。因此，本文的目的是回顾有关成人记忆的重复事件的文献。审查的结果表明，有少量关于成人重复事件记忆的异质性研究（N = 12）。迄今为止的文献表明，尽管成年人可能难以回忆起特定于实例的信息（准确度较窄），但他们却能够记住多个实例的信息（较准确度）。还发现，若干因素可能影响实例的召回，包括年龄，经历的实例的数量，排练事件，重复检索和事件的独特性。讨论重点介绍了该研究的法医学意义和未来的研究方向。