Effects of interview phase, repeated interviewing, presence of a support person, and anatomically detailed dolls on child sexual abuse interviews

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-35

  Santtila, Pekka ^a,b   Korkman, Julia ^a   Sandnabba, N Kenneth ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anatomically Detailed Dolls; Child Response Types; Child Sexual Abuse Investigations; Interviewer Utterance Types; Repeated Interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842329050     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316021000044365     Document Type: Review

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