Child maltreatment victims are often reluctant to report abuse when formally interviewed.
Evidence-based guidelines like the National Institute of Child Health and Human …

Child abuse victims are required to participate in stressful forensic investigations but often
fail to fully report details about their victimization. Especially in intrafamilial abuse cases …

This book is a practical and thoughtful guide for the forensic interview of children, presenting
a synthesis of the empirical and theoretical knowledge necessary to understand the account …

Because intensely reluctant children often fail to report being abused even when they are
supportively interviewed, the Revised NICHD (National Institute of Child Health and Human …

Background Research has largely overlooked expressions of reluctance in commercially
sexually exploited adolescent (“CSEA”) victims. This is problematic because gaining …

In child sexual abuse cases, a central part of the child's testimony is their description of the
abuse episode. However, it is often difficult for children to describe the body mechanics of …

Objective: Two studies examined 4–7-year-old maltreated children's “I don't know”(IDK)
responses to wh-questions after receiving various interview instructions. Hypotheses: We …

Adolescents tend to be neglected in research examining child sexual abuse (CSA)
interviews, yet are often said to be particularly reluctant. This study examined reluctance …

Differences between prosecutors and defense lawyers with respect to the centrality of the
information sought and topic of the questions asked, and the effects on witnesses' …

ABSTRACT In the United Kingdom, Section 27 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence
Act permits 'Achieving Best Evidence'(ABE) forensic interviews to replace the evidence-in …