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Young Children's References to Temporal Attributes of Allegedly Experienced Events in the Course of Forensic Interviews
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Orbach, Yael; Lamb, Michael E. – Child Development, 2007
Developmental differences in references to temporal attributes of allegedly experienced events were examined in 250 forensic interviews of 4- to 10-year-old alleged victims of sexual abuse. Children's ages, the specific temporal attributes referenced, and the types of memory tapped by the interviewers' questions significantly affected the quantity…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Recognition (Psychology), Sexual Abuse, Interviews
A Structured Forensic Interview Protocol Improves the Quality and Informativeness of Investigative Interviews with Children: A Review of Research Using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol
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Lamb, Michael; Orbach, Yael; Hershkowitz, Irit; Esplin, Phillip W.; Horowitz, Dvora – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objective: To show how the results of research on children's memory, communicative skills, social knowledge, and social tendencies can be translated into guidelines that improve the quality of forensic interviews of children. Method: We review studies designed to evaluate children's capacities as witnesses, explain the development of the…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Sexual Abuse, Interviews, Crime
Dynamics of Forensic Interviews with Suspected Abuse Victims Who Do Not Disclose Abuse
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Hershkowitz, Irit; Orbach, Yael; Lamb, Michael E.; Sternberg, Kathleen J.; Horowitz, Dvora – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objectives: The present study was designed to explore structural differences between forensic interviews in which children made allegations and those in which children did not make allegations. Methodology: Fifty forensic interviews of 4- to 13-year-old suspected victims of abuse who did not disclose abuse during the interview were compared with…
Descriptors: Interviews, Victims of Crime, Child Abuse, Self Disclosure (Individuals)