Research Catalog

Title

Evaluating children suspected of having been sexually abused / Kathleen Coulborn Faller.

Author

Faller, Kathleen Coulborn.

Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1996.

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Details

Description

xvi, 128 p.; 26 cm.

Summary

A comprehensive guide to the literature and a tool for active learning, this compact volume provides a critical review of research, practice writings, and opinions about how to interview children who may have been sexually abused. The author presents a focused compilation of information about integral issues, such as models for assessment, interviewer objectivity, number of child interviews, documentation, the use of standardized tests, questioning techniques, media for assessing children, children's memory and suggestibility, criteria for decision making, and much more. For mental health professionals as well as for a broad spectrum of service professionals involved in child interviewing and assessment, Evaluating Children Suspected of Having Been Sexually Abused provides a thorough introduction to critical issues and the literature in a unique home study module for earning continuing education credits.

Series Statement

APSAC study guides ; vol. 2

Uniform Title

APSAC study guides vol. 2.

Subject

• Child
• Child Abuse, Sexual > diagnosis
• Child sexual abuse > Investigation
• Infant
• Interview, Psychological
• Interviewing in child abuse

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Models for evaluating child sexual abuse -- Interviewer objectivity and allegations of sexual abuse -- Number of child interviews -- Documentation -- Standardized tests -- Questioning techniques -- Media for interviewing children -- Special considerations for cases involving very young children -- Children as witnesses -- False allegations -- Criteria for deciding whether an allegation is valid -- Forming conclusions.

ISBN

0761900721 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^95032507^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library