Gender Differences in Children’s Disclosures and Legal Narratives of Sexual Abuse
This dissertation analyzes disclosure patterns and interview narratives from 20 children whose sexual abuse was corroborated, examining gender differences, reasons for delayed disclosure, and narrative detail and structure. The author reports sample-specific differences and discusses methodological limits, including the small sample and limits on generalizing the findings.
Transcript of Elefante
This court reporter’s transcript records Wendy Dutton’s testimony in State v. Elefante in Maricopa County Superior Court on April 11, 2005. The examination addresses child disclosures, behavioral responses, and the limits of what general testimony can establish about a specific case.
Transcript of Escobar-Mendez
This is a transcript of proceedings in the Arizona case State v. Escobar-Mendez, recorded in Maricopa County Superior Court on October 6, 1997, and prepared for appeal. It includes testimony by Wendy Dutton, who describes her background as a child forensic interviewer, and examination about child interviewing, suggestive questions, and related practices.
Transcript of Howard
This excerpted transcript records Wendy Dutton’s testimony in the 1999 State v. Howard trial. Direct and cross-examination address her work and forensic interviewing, child disclosure and recantation, behavioral symptoms, limits of behavioral indicators, and the purpose and limits of the Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome.
Transcript of Sahagun
This 1996 trial transcript records the cross-examination of Wendy Dutton in State v. Sahagun. The questioning addresses behavioral observations and grooming interpretations, child interview questioning and suggestibility, offender profiling, and the limits of inferring intent from conduct.
Transcript of Sekaquaptewa
This 1999 court transcript records Wendy Dutton’s testimony in State v. Sekaquaptewa in Maricopa County Superior Court. The questioning covers her background and topics including children’s memory, suggestibility, interviewing, and related testimony.