This article reviews best practice for interviewing child witnesses. In most officially
recognized abuse cases, the child previously disclosed abuse, making it possible to elicit …

Represents a scholarly and ambitious attempt to improve the quality of interviews received
by the courts and minimize the risks of miscarriages of justice, for victims and defendants …

Forensic investigations involving children carry heavy consequences and often present
immense challenges. Most child maltreatment allegations first occur in an informal setting …

We examined 120 trial transcripts of 6‐to 12‐year‐old children testifying to sexual abuse.
Age and attorney role were analyzed in relation to question types, children's responsiveness …

Ross Cheit's book The Witch-Hunt Narrative highlights the difficulties of prosecuting child
sexual abuse. Drawing examples from a single case, Alex A., we examine the ways in which …

People lie on a frequent basis. However, when a victim of maltreatment lies by denying the
abuse, lies can become forensically relevant. We have reviewed the relevant literature on …

In the first study to systematically assess lawyers' questioning of children in Scotland, we
examined 56 trial transcripts of 5‐to 17‐year‐old children testifying as alleged victims of …

The present study explored implicit and explicit honesty perceptions of White and Black
children and whether these perceptions predicted legal decisions in a child abuse case …

Since rape myths were codified in 1980, scholars have shown that individuals who endorse
rape myths perceive victims as less credible and more responsible for rape and perpetrators …

Summary Wh‐prompts (what, how, why, who, when, and where) vary widely in their
specificity and accuracy, but differences among them have largely been ignored in research …