The impact of questioning style on the content of investigative interviews with suspected child sexual abuse victims

By Graham M. Daviesl, H. Westcott, N. Horan. 2000

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Rapport-building with cooperative witnesses and criminal suspects: A theoretical and empirical review. (2015, background): “In addition, social support has been particularly beneficial in increasing children’s willingness to report sexual abuse, especially with reluctant and less talkative children (Davies et al., 2000; Hershkowitz et al., 2006).”
Evaluation of a comprehensive interactive training system for investigative interviewers of children (2015, background): “…to timing indicate that practice narratives as short as two minutes are just effective as those that last ten minutes (Brown et al., 2013), although Davies, Westcott, and Horan (2000) found that introductory phases lasting longer than 8 minutes (i.e., introductory comments, ground rules and…”
Is Ongoing Feedback Necessary to Maintain The Quality of Investigative Interviews With Allegedly Abused Children? (2002, background): “…child abuse, yet the poor quality of most investigative interviews around the world (e.g. Bruck, 1999; Cederborg et al., 2000; Craig et al., 1999; Davies et al., 2000; Lamb, Hershkowitz, Sternberg, Esplin, et al., 1996; Sternberg, Lamb, Davies, & Westcott, 2001; Walker & Hunt, 1998) has…”