Repeated interviews with children who have intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-113

  Cederborg, A C ^a   La Rooy, D ^b   Lamb, M E ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Children with intellectual disabilities; Repeated interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849150364     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2007.00372.x     Document Type: Review

References (51)

1. Bottoms B. Goodmans G. (1996) International Perspectives on Child Abuse and Children's Testimony. Psychological Research and Law. Sage Publication, Thousand Oaks, CA.
2. Boucher J. Lewis V. (1989) Memory impairments and communication in relatively able autistic children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 29, 433 445.
3. Bruck M. Ceci S. J. (1999) The suggestibility of children's memory. Annual Review of Psychology 50, 419 439.
4. Bruck M., Ceci S. J., Francoeur E. Barr R. (1995) 'I hardly cried when I got my shot'. Influencing children's reports about a visit to their paediatrician. Child Development 66, 193 208.
5. Bull R. Cullen C. (1992) Witnesses Who Have Mental Handicaps. Crown Office, Edinburgh.
6. Ceci S. J. Bruck M. (1995) Jeopardy in the Courtroom: A Scientific Analysis of Children's Testimony. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
7. Ceci S. J., Bruck M. Battin D. B. (2000) Suggestibility of children's testimony. In : False Memory Creation in Children and Adults. Theory, Research and Implications (ed. D. F. Bjorklund pp. 169 201. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ.
8. Cederborg A.-C., Orbach Y., Sternberg K. Lamb M. E. (2000) Investigative interviews of child witnesses in Sweden. Child Abuse and Neglect 24, 1355 1361.
9. Cederborg A.-C. Lamb M. E. (2006) How does the legal system respond when children with learning difficulties are victimized? Child Abuse and Neglect 30, 5, 451 574.
10. Cederborg A.-C. Lamb M. E. (2007a) Interviewing Alleged Victims with Intellectual Disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, in press.
11. Cederborg A.-C. Lamb M. E. (2007b) Intensive training of forensic interviewers. In : Child Abuse and Its Impact (ed F. Colombus Nova Science Publishers, NY, in press.
12. Clare I. C. H. Gudjonsson G. H. (1993) Interrogative suggestibility, confabulation and acquiescence in people with mild mental retardation (mental handicap): implications for reliability during police interrogations. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 32, 295 301.
13. Dale P. S., Loftus E. F. Rathbun L. (1978) The influence of the form of the question of the eyewitness testimony of preschool children. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 74, 269 277.
14. Davis G. M., Wilson C., Mitchell R. Milsom J. (1994) Videotaping Children's Evidence: An Evaluation. HMSO, London.
15. Dent H. R. Stephenson G. M. (1979) An experimental study of the effectiveness of different techniques of questioning child witnesses. British Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology 18, 41 51.
16. Ellison L. (2001) The mosaic art?: cross-examination and the vulnerable witness. Legal Studies 21, 353 375.
17. Fowler A. E. (1998) Language in mental retardation: association with and dissociation from general cognition. In : Handbook of Mental Retardation and Development (eds J. A. Burack R. M. Hodapp E. Zigler pp. 290 333. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
18. Gillberg C. (1995) Clinical Child Neuropsychiatry. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
19. Gordon B. Schroeder C. S. (1995) Sexuality: A Developmental Approach to Problems. Plenum, New York.
20. Gordon B. N., Schroeder C. S., Ornstein P. A. Baker-Ward L. (1995) Clinical implications of research on memory development. In : True and False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse: Assessment and Case Management (ed T. Ney pp. 99 124. Bruner/Mazel, New York.
21. Gudjonsson G. H. Henry L. (2003) Child and adult witnesses with intellectual disability: the importance of suggestibility. Legal and Criminological Psychology 8, 241 252.
22. Henry L. A. Gudjonsson G. H. (1999) Eyewitness memory and suggestibility in children with mental retardation. American Journal on Mental Retardation 104, 491 508.
23. Henry L. A. Gudjonsson G. H. (2003) Eyewitness memory, suggestibility and repeated recall sessions in children with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities. Law and Human Behavior 27, 5, 481 505.
24. Hershkowitz I., Orbach Y., Lamb M. E., Sternberg K. J., Horowitz D. Hovav M. (1998) Visiting the scene of the crime: effects on children's recall of alleged abuse. Legal and Criminological Psychology 3, 195 207.
25. Hutcheson G. D., Baxter J. S., Telfer K. Warden D. (1995) Child witness statement quality: questions type and errors of omission. Law & Human Behavior 19, 631 648.
26. Iarocci G. Burack J. A. (1998) Understanding the development of attention in persons with mental retardation: challenging the myths. In : Handbook of Mental Retardation and Development. (eds J. A. Burack, R. M. Hodapp E. Zigler pp. 349 381. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
27. Jones D. P. H. (2003) Communicating with Vulnerable Children. A Guide for Practitioners. Gaskell, London.
28. Kasari C. Bauminger N. (1998) Social and emotional development in children with mental retardation. In : Handbook of Mental Retardation and Development (eds J. A. Burack, R. M. Hodapp E. Zigler pp. 411 423. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
29. Kebbell M. R. Hatton C. (1999) People with mental retardation as witnesses in court: a review. Mental retardation 37, 179 187.
30. Kebell M. R., Hatton C. Johnson S. D. (2004) Witnesses with intellectual disabilities in court: what questions are asked and what influence do they have? Legal and Criminological Psychology 9, 23 35.
31. La Rooy D., Pipe M.-E. Murray J. E. (2005) Reminiscence and hypermnesia in children's eyewitness memory. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 90, 235 254.
32. Lamb M. E. Fauchier A. (2001) The effects of question type on self contradiction by children in the course of forensic interviews. Applied Cognitive Development 15, 483 491.
33. Lamb M. E., Hershkowitz I., Sternberg K. J., Esplin P. W., Hovav M., Manor T. Yudilevitch L. (1996) Effects of investigative utterance types on Israeli children's responses. International Journal of Behavioral Development 19, 627 637.
34. Lamb M. E., Orbach Y., Hershkowitz I., Horowitz D. Abbott C. B. (2007) Does the type of prompt affect the accuracy of information provided by alleged victims of abuse in forensic interviews? Applied Cognitive Psychology in press.
35. Leichtman M. D. Ceci S. J. (1995) The effects of stereotypes and suggestions on preschoolers' reports. Developmental Psychology 31, 568 578.
36. Michel M. K., Gordon B. N., Ornstein P. A. Simpson M. A. (2000) The abilities of children with mental retardation to remember personal experiences: implications for testimony. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 29, 453 463.
37. Milne R. (1999) Interviewing children with learning disabilities. In : Handbook of the Psychology of Interviewing (eds A. Memon R. Bull pp. 165 180. Wiley, Chichester.
38. Milne R. Bull R. (1998) Interviewing Children with and without a Learning Disability. Paper presented at the American Psychological and Law conference, Los Angeles.
39. Mirenda P. L., Donellan A. M. Yoder D. E. (1983) Gaze behaviour: a new look at an old problem. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 13, 397 409.
40. Orbach Y. Lamb M. E. (2000) Enhancing children's narratives in investigative interviews. Child Abuse & Neglect 24, 1631 1648.
41. Perlman N. B., Ericson K. I., Esses V. M. Isaacs J. (1994) The developmentally handicapped witness. Competency as a function of question format. Law and Human behaviour 18, 171 187.
42. Peterson C., Parsons T. Dean M. (2004) Providing misleading and reinstatement information a year after it happened: effects on long-term memory. Memory 12, 1 13.
43. Plotnikoff J. Woolfson R. (2001) An Evaluation of Child Witness Support. Scottish Executive Central Research Unit, report available from: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/purple/witness01.pdf or by writing to The Stationary Office, 71 Lothian Rd, Edinburgh, EH3 9A2, UK.
44. Poole D. A. Lamb M. E. (1998) Investigative Interviews of Children: A Guide for Helping Professionals. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
45. Sedlack A. J. Broadhurst D. D. (1996) Executive Summary of the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect. US Department of Health and Human Services, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Washington, DC.
46. Sobsey D. Doe T. (1991) Patterns of sexual abuse and assault. Journal of Sexuality and Disability 9, 185 199.
47. Sullivan P. M. Knutson J. F. (2000) Maltreatment and disabilities: a population-based epidemiological study. Child Abuse and Neglect 24, 1257 1273.
48. Trevarthen C. (2000) Autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting communication and learning in early childhood: prenatal origins, post-natal course and effective educational support. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids 63, 41 46.
49. Vig S. Kaminer R. (2002) Maltreatment and developmental disabilities in children. Journal of Development and Physical Disabilities 14, 371 386.
50. Westcott H. L. (1993) The Abuse of Disabled Children & Adults. Policy & Practice Series. NSPCC, London.
51. Zigler E (1969) Developmental versus difference theories of mental retardation and the problem of motivation. American Journal of Mental Deficiency 73, 536 556.