Title: Social workers’ knowledge about children’s memory and investigative interviewing Abstract: The Child Protective Services (CPS) can be prominent actors in child sexual abuse (CSA) investigations as they often conduct the first safety assessment upon receiving a report of concern for a child. As part of this assessment, CPS may conduct an investigative interview with […]
Title: Attorneys’ questions and children’s responses referring to the nature of genital touch in child sexual abuse trials Abstract: In child sexual abuse cases, establishing the location and invasiveness of genital touch is of key importance. However, research demonstrates that children struggle to provide clear terms for their sexual body parts in investigative interviews, especially […]
Title: “Be on the Lookout!”: Content of Perpetrator Description by an Eyewitness Affects Selection Time of Potential Suspects Abstract: When a crime has just happened, police enforcement need to react quickly before the perpetrator vanishes. They try to obtain a description of the perpetrator from eyewitnesses to share with other officers to react quickly. There […]