Interviewing Children about Sexual Abuse

Controversies and Best Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-19-531177-8
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Interviewing children who may been sexually abused is a daunting task fraught with far-reaching consequences for the children, families, institutions, and professionals involved. With no room for error, forensic and clinical interviewers must navigate the complex and often contradictory evidence that informs their decision making.

Here, Kathleen Coulborn Faller, a leading expert on child sexual abuse, critically analyses the research on assessing child sexual abuse. Noting that issues such as memory and suggestibility, questioning techniques, the use of media, and false allegations remain hotly contested, chapters guide readers in applying available research to professional judgment while drawing also on best practice guidelines and conceptual, clinical, and consensus-based writings. The only up-to-date resource of its kind, Interviewing Children About Sexual Abuse covers the entire interview process, showing professionals how to structure, document, and follow up on children's responses in interviews; work with children who are very young, have special needs, or come from diverse backgrounds; use standardized tests and measures; formulate conclusions about sexual abuse; and defend those decisions in a courtroom or clinical setting.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Faller, Kathleen Coulborn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Forensik, Rechtsmedizin, Gerichtsmedizin
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Kindesmissbrauch, Sexueller Missbrauch, Häusliche Gewalt
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafrecht Allgemeiner Teil
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Forensic and Clinical Interviewer Roles in Child Sexual Abuse

- 2: Erna Olafson: Children's Memory and Suggestibility

- 3: Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Models for Assessing Child Sexual Abuse

- 4: Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Interviewer Objectivity and Allegations of Sexual Abuse

- 5: Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Number of Child Interviews

- 6: Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Documentation of the Interview

- 7: Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Interview Structure, Protocol, or Guidelines

- 8: Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Questioning Techniques

- 9: Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Media for Interviewing Children

- 10: Kathleen Coulborn Faller and Sandra K. Hewitt: Special Considerations for Cases Involving Young Children

- 11: Deborah Davies and Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Interviewing Children with Special Needs

- 12: Lisa A. Fontes and Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Conducting Culturally Competent Sexual Abuse Interviews with Children from Diverse Racial, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Backgrounds

- 13: Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Children Who Do Not Want to Disclose

- 14: Kathleen Colborn Faller: False Allegations of Sexual Abuse

- 15: William N. Friedrich, Erna Olafson, and Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Standardized Tests and Measures

- 16: Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Criteria for Deciding about the Likelihood of Sexual Abuse

- 17: Kathleen Coulborn Faller: Formulating Conclusions about Sexual Abuse

Über Autor(innen)

Kathleen Coulborn Faller, Ph.D., A.C.S.W., is Professor of Social Work, Marion Elizabeth Blue Chair in Children and Families, and Director of the Family Assessment Clinic at the University of Michigan.