Forensic Child Interviews

An Introduction to Forensic Child Interviews

A brief overview of issues in forensic child interviews.

Child Forensic Interviewing: Best Practices

The US Dept of Justice’s standards of care for forensic chid interviews.

COUNTERING Counterintuitive Testimony (Child, handout)

Handout for a three-hour CLE provided to the State Bar of Arizona

Experts who review Forensic Child Interviews

Experienced experts who review Forensic Child Interviews to determine whether the standards of care were met.

Forty Years of Forensic Interviewing of Children Suspected of Sexual Abuse, 1974–2014: Historical Benchmarks

A seminal article describing the historical evolution of forensic child interviewing.

Parent-Child Conversations, Principe and London, 2022

Recent research regarding the impact of parental discussions on child prior to the forensic child interview.

Research on Forensic Child Interviews

Abstracts regarding research on forensic child interviews.

Standards for Accredited Members

The National Children’s Alliance standards of care for forensic child interviews.

The Cornerhouse Forensics Interview Protocol: RATAC

The Cornerhouse Forensics Interview Protocol: RATAC

The Null Hypotheses: Proven and Unfounded Claims of CSA

Here’s the scenario, in your trial the counterintuitive expert testifies she has forensically interviewed over 21,000 children. Trick question: “How many of the 21,000 children had unproven allegations?” Answer: “All of them.” When the counter-intuitive expert describes what she has …

The Revised NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol

The revised version (2014) of the NICHD Protocol.

The Standard of Care for Forensic Child Interviews

Specific standards of care that are often violated during police interviews of children.