Interviewing children
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2014
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Annual Review of Law and Social Science
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Interviewers can avoid closed-ended questions through narrative practice, in which interviewers ask children to narrate a recent innocuous event before introducing the abuse topic; cued invitations, in which interviewers repeat details reported by children and ask for elaboration; open-ended wh- questions, and interview instructions, including asking children to promise to tell the truth. Better understanding of the dynamics of abuse disclosure and optimal interviewing strategies can assist the legal system in assessing the veracity of children’s reports. (Author Abstract)
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child witness, review, credibility, suggestibility, questioning children, interview
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Lyon, T. D. (2014). Interviewing children. Annual Review of Law and Social Science.