"The Forensic Interviewer at Trial: Guidelines for the Admission and Scope of Expert Testimony Concerning a Forensic Interview in a Case of Child Abuse (Revised and Expanded

Date

2021

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

Abstract

The growth of the profession of forensic interviewing in the past fifty years, the development of standards governing this work, and the significant research influencing this work are all factors courts must consider when prosecutors seek to utilize a forensic interviewer as an expert witness or when defense attorneys call experts completely outside of this field to critique the work of an interviewer or the credibility of a child’s statements. This Article explores this issue and offers forensic interviewers— and the attorneys who call them to the witness stand—concrete suggestions for offering expert testimony and in otherwise defending these interviews in court.18 The Article also offers guidelines for challenging the testimony of those called as experts to critique a forensic interview.

Description

Keywords

child sexual abuse, forensic interview, review, protocols

Citation

Vieth, Victor I. (2021) "The Forensic Interviewer at Trial: Guidelines for the Admission and Scope of Expert Testimony Concerning a Forensic Interview in a Case of Child Abuse (Revised and Expanded)," Mitchell Hamline Law Review: Vol. 47 : Iss. 3 , Article 1.

DOI