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Forensic Interviewing

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Forensic interviewing in the context of interpersonal violence refers to interviewing children about allegations of their maltreatment. The introduction will place forensic interviewing in historical context and in the broader context of child maltreatment mandated reporting in the United States. Substantive topics to be covered will include the following: (1) the leadership roles of the National Children’s Advocacy Center (and CACs) and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in the development of forensic interviewing, (2) a classification of forensic interview models, along the domains of prescription and interview techniques, and the proliferation of forensic interview protocols, (3) number of interviews, (4) the characteristics of professionals conducting forensic interviews, which in large part explains the need for forensic interview protocols and guidelines, (5) questioning principles and types of questions/probes in forensic interviews, (6) uses of media, for example, free drawings, anatomical drawings, anatomical dolls, and physical forensic evidence, in forensic interviews, (7) documenting information from forensic interviews, (8) issues of quality control in forensic interviewing, for example, research on the extent to which forensic interviewers follow the interview protocol, self-review, and peer review, and (9) the forensic interview in the larger context of child maltreatment investigation. The conclusion highlights key points.

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  1. School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Kathleen Coulborn Faller

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  1. Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA, USA

    Robert Geffner

  2. School of Health and Human Sciences, University of North Carolina at Greensbo, Greensboro, NC, USA

    Jacquelyn W. White

  3. Dept of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    L. Kevin Hamberger

  4. Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA

    Alan Rosenbaum

  5. Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Viola Vaughan-Eden

  6. Education and Research, Zero Abuse Project, St. Paul, MN, USA

    Victor I. Vieth

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  1. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Ernestine Briggs

  2. School of Social Work, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

    Javonda Williams

  3. Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School/Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Michelle Clayton

  4. The UP Institute, CEO, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Stacie LeBlanc

  5. Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Viola Vaughan-Eden

  6. Owner/Principle Consultant & Trainer, Russell Consulting Specialists, LLc, Vancouver, Washington, USA

    Amy Russell

  7. Executive Director, Arthur D. Curtis Children's Justice Center http://www.clark.wa.gov/cjc

    Amy Russell

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Faller, K.C. (2020). Forensic Interviewing. In: Geffner, R., White, J.W., Hamberger, L.K., Rosenbaum, A., Vaughan-Eden, V., Vieth, V.I. (eds) Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62122-7_266-1

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