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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Faller, Kathleen Coulborn. Interviewing children about sexual abuse. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 (OCoLC)608085962 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kathleen Coulborn Faller |
| ISBN: | 0195311779 9780195311778 |
| OCLC Number: | 70060942 |
| Description: | xvii, 308 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Contributors -- 1. Forensic and clinical interviewer roles in child sexual abuse / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 2. Children's memory and suggestibility / Erna Olafson -- 3. Models for assessing child sexual abuse / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 4. Interviewer objectivity and allegations of sexual abuse / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 5. Number of child interviews / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 6. Documentation of the interview / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 7. Interview structure, protocol, and guidelines / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 8. Questioning techniques / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 9. Media for interviewing children / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 10. Special considerations for cases involving young children / Kathleen Coulborn Faller and Sandra K. Hewitt -- 11. Interviewing children with special needs / Deborah Davies and Kathleen Coulborn Faller. 12. Conducting culturally competent sexual abuse interviews with children from diverse racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds / Lisa A. Fontes and Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 13. Children who do not want to disclose / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 14. False allegations of sexual abuse / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 15. Standardized tests and measures / William N. Friedrich, Erna Olafson, and Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 16. Criteria for deciding about the likelihood of sexual abuse / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- 17. Formulating conclusions about sexual abuse / Kathleen Coulborn Faller -- References -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Kathleen Coulborn Faller. |
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"While change is to be expected in this field, a milestone is needed from time to time and this is such a work. This book belongs in every clinic, every Child Advocacy Center and every agency in which children may be interviewed about sexual abuse." - David L. Chadwick, MD, Director Emeritus, Chadwick Center for Children & Families, Children's Hospital - San Diego
"Combining the best of the empirical research with years of practical experience talking to children, the authors provide interviewers practical ideas to improve the quality of their work with vulnerable children. This book is an important contribution to the field of child protection." -- John E.B. Myers, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
"This book is a valuable new resource for anyone who interviews children for legal investigations. Kathleen Faller and her contributing authors have given all of us who do this work a great new update and discussion of the
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- Child sexual abuse -- Investigation -- United States.
- Interviewing in child abuse -- United States.
- Sexually abused children -- United States.
- Abus sexuels à l'égard des enfants -- Enquêtes -- États-Unis.
- Entretiens (Violence envers les enfants) -- États-Unis.
- Enfants victimes d'abus sexuels -- États-Unis.
- Child Abuse, Sexual -- diagnosis.
- Child Abuse, Sexual -- psychology.
- Child.
- Interview, Psychological -- methods.
