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Co-Animation of and Resistance to the Construction of Witness, Victim, and Perpetrator Identities in Forensic Interviews with Children
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Deckert, Sharon K. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2010
This article examines how the interrelated identities of witness, victim, and perpetrator are co-constructed in forensic interviews occurring after allegations of child sexual abuse are made. Work related to issues of power in the area of forensic interviews with children tends to focus on coerciveness, and interviewers have power relative to…
Descriptors: Interviews, Children, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse
Youth Self-Report of Physical and Sexual Abuse: A Latent Class Analysis
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Nooner, Kate B.; Litrownik, Alan J.; Thompson, Richard; Margolis, Benjamin; English, Diana J.; Knight, Elizabeth D.; Everson, Mark D.; Roesch, Scott – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: To determine if meaningful groups of at-risk pre-adolescent youth could be identified based on their self-report of physical and sexual abuse histories. Methods: Youth participating in a consortium of ongoing longitudinal studies were interviewed using an audio-computer assisted self-interview (A-CASI) when they were approximately 12…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Profiles, Longitudinal Studies, At Risk Persons
Agreement among Professionals about a Child's Sexual Abuse Status: Interviews with Sexually Anatomically Correct Dolls as Indicators of Abuse.
Realmuto, George M.; Wescoe, Sibyl – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1992
This study investigated whether 13 young children presented with anatomically correct dolls would exhibit behaviors that professionals (n=14) could agree on to determine the child's abuse status. The study concluded that experienced professionals agree poorly with each other about a child's abuse status and that sexually anatomically correct dolls…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods
Children's Interview Statements and Behaviors: Role in Identifying Sexually Abused Children.
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Coulborn-Faller, Kathleen; Corwin, David L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1995
This article discusses use of child interview data to decide whether or not a child has been sexually abused. It examines the role of child interview findings from a historical perspective, discusses the challenge of researching criteria indicative of a true allegation, reviews existing studies of child interview data, draws conclusions, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Data Collection, Evaluation
Prevention of Child Abuse: Possibilities for Educational Systems.
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Holmes, Christine P. – Special Services in the Schools, 1987
Educators' roles in identification of abused/neglected children, subsequent reporting, and techniques for interviewing suspected abused children are discussed. Educators' expanded role in abuse prevention, involving such activities as offering courses in parenting, child safety/protection, and human sexuality, is examined, followed by a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Sexual Abuse Evaluations in the Emergency Department: Is the History Reliable?
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Gordon, Stacy; Jaudes, Paula K. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
Review of charts for 141 children who had undergone both a screening interview by an emergency department physician and an investigative interview for child sexual abuse evaluation found that perpetrator identification obtained during emergency department screening interviews usually agreed with information obtained at the subsequent investigative…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Criminals, Disclosure