It's About Time: Children's Ability vs The Team's Need to Know

Date

2012

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National Children's Advocacy Center

Abstract

One of the challenges facing interviewers is how to elicit information concerning time. Often investigators and prosecutors want to determine when something happened, how long it took to happen, the number of times it happened, and if it was the first or last time. Balancing the needs of the investigation versus the abilities of the child to provide facts regarding an event can often derail an interview. Practical guidelines and strategies for gathering temporal information will be discussed.

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Keywords

temporal information, forensic interview

Citation

Chamberlin, A. (2013). It's About Time: Children's Ability vs The Team's Need to Know. Huntsville, AL; National Children's Advocacy Center.

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