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Direct linkKatz, Carmit; Hershkowitz, Irit – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Objective: The current study aimed to explore the frequency and effects of multipart prompts on the testimonies of children who were alleged victims of sexual abuse and were interviewed using the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Investigative Protocol. The effects of the multipart prompts were studied by considering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime
Katz, Carmit; Hershkowitz, Irit – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: The present study was designed to test the effects of repeated retrievals in the course of forensic investigations with children who are the alleged victims of sexual abuse. Method: Using the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development protocol, 56 children participated in a first free-recall interview that was followed by…
Descriptors: Interviews, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime
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
Hershkowitz, Irit; Lanes, Omer; Lamb, Michael E. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objective: The goal of the present study was to examine how children disclosed sexual abuse by alleged perpetrators who were not family members. Methodology: Thirty alleged victims of sexual abuse and their parents were interviewed. The children were interviewed using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol by six experienced youth…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Victims of Crime
Peer reviewedSternberg, Kathleen J.; Lamb, Michael E.; Hershkowitz, Irit; Yudilevitch, Liora; Orbach, Yael – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1997
Fourteen interviewers conducted 51 investigations of child sexual abuse with children (ages 4.5 to 12.9 years). Interviewers used a script including either open-ended questions or direct questions. Both rapport-building scripts took about seven minutes. Children who had received the open-ended training provided twice as many details and words…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Disclosure, Interviews
Hershkowitz, Irit; Horowitz, Dvora; Lamb, Michael E. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2005
Objective: To identify characteristics of suspected child abuse victims that are associated with disclosure and nondisclosure during formal investigations. Methodology: The database included all suspected cases of physical and sexual abuse investigated in the state of Israel between 1998 and 2002. All investigative interviews were conducted using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Investigations, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse
