The effects of interviewer race and child race on sexual abuse disclosures in forensic interviews

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 99-116

  Springman, Rachael E ^a   Wherry, Jeffrey N ^a,b,c   Notaro, Paul C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ACU Box 28011 ^*

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Disclosure; Forensic interview; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF DISCLOSURE; URBAN AREA; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RACE RELATIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33746929443     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v15n03_06     Document Type: Article

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