At the same time, highly publicised cases in the United States, Norway, New Zealand, the UK, and Italy, have drawn attention to the counterproductive ways in which many alleged victims of sexual abuse are interviewed.

Interviewers and researchers have thus made considerable efforts to understand how to make children's testimony as useful and reliable as possible. At the same time, highly publicised cases in the United States, Norway, New Zealand, the UK, and Italy, have drawn attention to the counterproductive ways in which many alleged victims of sexual abuse are interviewed.

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Series Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Interviewing Children About Abuse: An Overview and Introduction

2 Factors Affecting the Capacities and Limitations of Young Witnesses

3 How do Investigators Typically Interview Alleged Victims?

4 The NICHD Investigative Interview Protocols for Young Victims and Witnesses

5 Does Use of the Protocol Affect the Way Investigators Inter- view Alleged Victims and Witnesses?

6 Interviewing Suspected Victims Under Six Years of Age

7 The Effects of the Protocol on the Broader Investigative Process

8 Interviewing Reluctant Suspected Victims and Suspects

9 Interviewing Children with Intellectual and Communica- tive Difficulties

10 Promoting and Maintaining Developmentally-Appropriate Interviewing by Training Interviewers

11 What Has Been Achieved: What Else Needs to Be Done?

Appendix 1: Investigative Interview Protocol

Appendix 2: Focused Questions about Tactile Contact [Touching]

Appendix 3: Interview Guide for Youthful Suspects

References

Index