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Affinity 2.5 is described as a computer-based forced-choice assessment combining direct reports of sexual interest with a viewing-time measure. The source explains that viewing delays are treated as a validity indicator and contrasts within-person ipsative comparisons with Likert-style scores used to compare individuals.
The Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) is a standardized set of nine tests for assessing higher-level cognitive functions in children and adults. The source describes the tests as addressing key components of executive functioning that are believed to be mediated primarily by the frontal lobe.
This overview describes the Conners Continuous Performance Test 3, a computerized attention assessment for people ages eight and older. It outlines the task format and the attention-related areas measured, and notes its possible role as one part of assessment.
Children’s suggestibility can be shaped by factors such as age, prior knowledge, interviewer bias, repeated questions, and exposure to misinformation. The resource reviews research on children’s memory and forensic interviews, including findings that changing details of an experienced event may differ from planting or erasing an event memory.
Principles of child forensic interviewing include preparation, developmentally appropriate practice, and careful attention to how information is elicited. The DOJ bulletin summarizes interview stages and cautions about repeated or duplicative questioning, while a research review addresses assumptions about children’s testimonial accuracy.
The resource describes sex history, offense-specific, and periodic monitoring polygraphs as tools used in some psychosexual evaluations and supervision. It also summarizes National Research Council concerns about test accuracy and field conditions, alongside a review concluding that evidence for post-conviction polygraph effectiveness and deterrence remains limited.
The study investigates how evaluator attitudes may contribute to bias in forensic child sexual abuse assessments. It surveyed child-maltreatment professionals and identified attitudes related to sensitivity, specificity, and skepticism toward children’s reports, finding that these attitudes helped explain differing credibility judgments across decision exercises.
The collection reviews research on children’s testimony and the factors that shape its reliability. The studies address children’s eyewitness accounts, memory, suggestibility, interviewing, and credibility, including factors associated with false allegations and jurors’ responses to education about child sexual abuse misconceptions in trial settings.
Research on delayed disclosure describes disclosure as potentially unfolding over time rather than occurring in a single, immediate account. The resource reviews studies of children’s disclosure patterns, including findings on prior disclosure, age, interview context, tentative statements, denial, recantation, and later reaffirmation.
False allegations of child abuse are considered through a compilation of studies and clinical literature. The material reviews reported frequency estimates and exonerations, then presents a clinical typology covering allegations in custody disputes, psychological disturbance, conscious manipulation, and suggestive or other iatrogenic influences.
