The ability to express experiences coherently and participate in effective interpersonal
communication underlies many facets of human life. Not much is known about the …

High-quality interviews that follow best-practice guidelines are the best means available to
frontline child protective service (CPS) workers and specially trained police officers to …

While there has been considerable research on investigative interviews with children over
the last three decades, there remains much to learn. The aim of this paper was to identify …

Training child investigative interviewing skills is a specialized task. Those being trained
need opportunities to practice their skills in realistic settings and receive immediate …

Background Training for child interviewing in case of suspected (sexual) abuse must include
ongoing practice, expert feedback and performance evaluation. Computer-based interview …

Background Child investigative interviewing is a complex skill requiring specialised training.
A critical training element is practice. Simulations with digital avatars are cost-effective …

This paper investigates how 192 trainees' self-assessment practices and personal attributes
related to their success in an online interview training program. Performance was measured …

Advances in investigative interviewer training, mostly developed in Western-Anglo-Saxon
contexts, are not necessarily applicable to other cultures and languages. This research …

We developed a serious game with avatars driven by empirically-based algorithms of
suspect behavior to train participants in using the Evidence Framing Matrix (EFM), a …

Children's participation and inclusion in violence research, particularly in low-and middle-
income country (LMIC) contexts, is scant and not well understood. To assess how young …