Understanding and addressing challenges faced by forensic interviewers in their work with children : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology
| العنوان: | Understanding and addressing challenges faced by forensic interviewers in their work with children : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology |
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| المؤلفون: | Wolfman, Missy |
| تفاصيل مُضافة: | Victoria University of Wellington. School of Psychology. Victoria University of Wellington, degree granting institution. |
| Call Numbers: | HV8073.3 .W654 2016 |
| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (x, 206 pages : illustrations |
| مستخلص: | Questioning techniques in forensic interviews make a critical contribution to the amount and quality of children's testimony (Lamb, La Rooy, Malloy, & Katz, 2011). Best practice recommendations advise that interviewers ask predominantly broad open-ended prompts (invitations and cued-invitations), minimise focused (direct) and closed-ended (option-posing) prompts, and avoid suggestive questions (Orbach & Pipe, 2011). Deviation from these recommendations is common, and deterioration in interviewing practice over time is typical unless interviewers received regular practice focused supervision and feedback (Lamb, Sternberg, Orbach, Esplin, & Mitchell, 2002). However, interviewers' access to supervision is often limited (La Rooy, Lamb, & Memon, 2011). Guided self-review may be an effective method to complement traditional face-to-face supervision. This thesis examined: 1) forensic interviewing practice with children in New Zealand, 2) factors that influenced practice, 3) forensic interviewers' perceptions of supervision, and 4) the effectiveness of a self-review tool designed to increase the use of invitations and cued-invitations. The first study was divided into two parts (Study 1a and Study 1b). In Study 1a, we evaluated the extent to which forensic interviewers in New Zealand adhered to best-practice recommendations, and examined factors (child, interviewer, allegation characteristics) that influenced practice. We examined 93 interviews with children (6-16 years old) about sexual abuse allegations that were conducted by 27 interviewers. Interviewers utilised more direct (57%), and option-posing prompts (20%), and fewer invitations and cued-invitations (22% combined) than stipulated by best practice recommendations, although very few suggestive questions were posed. A number of child, interviewer and allegation characteristics influenced questioning techniques. |
| الموضوعات: | Interviewing in law enforcement Psychological aspects., Forensic psychology., Questioning., Child witnesses Psychological aspects., Entretiens (Application des lois) Aspect psychologique., Psychologie légale., Interrogation., Enfants témoins Aspect psychologique., Questioning, Interviewing in law enforcement Psychological aspects, Forensic psychology |
| مصطلحات الفهرس: | Forensic interviewing, Questioning techniques, Children's eyewitness testimony, dissertations., Academic theses, Academic theses., Thèses et écrits académiques. |
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| الإتاحة: | Open access content. Open access content |
| ملاحظة: | Includes bibliographical references. En_NZ |
| أرقام أخرى: | UX0 oai:researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz:10063/5144 951887428 |
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