Abstract 'Best-practice'guidelines for conducting investigative interviews with children are
well established in the literature, yet few investigative interviewers actually adhere to such …

This study presents a qualitative evaluation of the Video and Audio Taped Evidence (VATE)
process involving vulnerable witnesses, introduced by Victoria Police in 1996. Specifically …

In many jurisdictions, police officers are responsible for deciding whether cases of child
abuse are referred for potential prosecution. Such discretion justifies the need to scrutinise …

This study provided a critical examination of handwritten records (notes) of interviews
contained in a sample of 89 police case files about alleged child abuse. Some of the notes …

The effect of mental reinstatement of context was examined using a 4* 5* 2 factorial design
incorporating four age groups (6-year-olds, 8-year-olds, 11-year-olds and adults), two …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to report on the findings from a study commissioned
by the Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC) in England, concerning intrafamilial …

Literature in the child abuse and child protection arena has tended to adopt either a practice
or legal perspective. Drawing on their expertise as researchers and leaders in their field …

• There have been significant developments in joint investigative interviewing practice in
Scotland• The provision of non-suggestive social support is key to a child's experience of the …

Purpose: This paper reports on the findings from a study commissioned by the Office of the
Children's Commissioner (OCC) in England, concerning intrafamilial child sexual abuse …

Child sexual abuse cases are often not prosecuted because of poor evidential quality of the
visually recorded investigative interview. This thesis examined prosecutors' perceptions of …