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.