Accuracy of investigators' verbatim notes of their forensic interviews with alleged child abuse victims

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 699-708

  Lamb, Michael E ^a   Orbach, Yael ^a   Sternberg, Kathleen J ^a   Hershkowitz, Irit ^b   Horowitz, Dvora ^c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c Ministry of Labor and Social Affair   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; RECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAPE RECORDING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0033758389     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005556404636     Document Type: Article

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