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Interviewing children about sexual abuse : controversies and best practice
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Interviewing children about sexual abuse : controversies and best practice

Author: Kathleen Coulborn Faller
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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A core issue for professionals responsible for addressing sexual abuse is how to correctly identify cases. This work reviews the research and practice on the spectrum of issues related to  Read more...

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Faller, Kathleen Coulborn.
Interviewing children about sexual abuse.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007
(OCoLC)608085962
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 --
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Responsibility: Kathleen Coulborn Faller.
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"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 Read more...

 
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