Title: How to talk to children when suspecting sexual abuse – Current practice in Schools in the North of Germany and recommendations for best practice guidelines Abstract: Teachers and other school professionals (e.g. school social workers, school psychologists) are among the first contact persons for children to disclose experiences of sexual abuse. Equally, if teachers […]

Title: Examining a new interview technique to gather information and elicit cues to deceit: The Ghostwriter Method Abstract: Background. This is the second experiment ever conducted to examine a new lie detection tool: the Ghostwriter (GW) Method. We examined its effect on eliciting information, cues to deceit and the technique’s working mechanisms. Method. 150 participants […]

Title: The ViContact VR Training: Virtual Children and their Response Algorithm Abstract: In this presentation, the ViContact VR training will be introduced in more detail. The ViContact VR training is a virtual training environment in which participants can practice in an action-oriented way how to talk to children in suspected cases of child sexual abuse […]