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Title

A child interviewer's guidebook / Wendy Bourg ... [et al.].

Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1999.

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Additional Authors

Bourg, Wendy.

Description

xviii, 249 p. : forms; 24 cm.

Summary

"Developed for child interviewers by child interviewers. A Child Interviewer's Guidebook integrates comprehensive coverage of research along with extensive clinical experience. Created in an accessible format, this guidebook is written by a group of authors with over 60 years of collective experience in the field of child interviewing. The authors' multidisciplinary backgrounds include former child protection service workers, a police officer, an attorney, a psychologist, and a social worker. The authors' understanding of the clinical realities of child interviewing and their ability to integrate these with current research make this book a unique synopsis of the art and science of forensic interviewing of children." "A Child Interviewer's Guidebook is an invaluable reference for child interviewers in advocacy and medical assessment centers, child protection workers, law enforcement personnel, instructors in social work and psychology, medical professionals, and attorneys."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Interpersonal violence

Uniform Title

Interpersonal violence.

Subject

• Child abuse > Investigation
• Interviewing in child abuse

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-235) and index.
• "Core Literature for Child Interviewers": p. 215-217.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. I. Getting Ready. 1. Child Eligibility for a Forensic Interview. 2. Interviewer Training. 3. Multidisciplinary Team Involvement. 4. Establishing a Neutral Environment. 5. Single Versus Multiple Interviewers. 6. Friendly, Neutral Approach to Children. 7. Gathering and Documenting Background Information -- pt. II. Basic Interviewing Skills. 8. Setting the Stage. 9. Posing Appropriate Questions. 10. The Use of Language in Child Interviews. 11. The Use of Repeated Questions in Interviews. 12. Using Anatomical Dolls and Other Tools. 13. Ending the Interview. 14. Verbatim Documentation -- pt. III. Specialty Issues. 15. Memory and Suggestibility. 16. Errors in Children's Reports. 17. The Nondisclosing Child. 18. Interviewing the Special Needs Child. 19. Coping With Custody and Visitation Disputes -- App. A. Core Literature for Child Interviewers -- App. B.C.A.R.E.S. Northwest Program Social History Questionnaire -- App. C. Sources for Dolls and Drawings -- App. D.C.A.R.E.S. Protective Order.

ISBN

• 0761917624 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0761917632 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^98040282^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library