An examination of the limitations in investigative interviewers' use of open-ended questions

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 382-395

  Powell, Martine B ^a   Guadagno, Belinda ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Investigative interviewer training; Investigative interviewing

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949100193     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218710802101621     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Aldridge, M., & Wood, J. (1998). Interviewing Children: A Guide for Child Care and Forensic Practitioners. West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2. Dent, H.R., & Stephenson, G.M. (1979). An experimental study of the effectiveness of different techniques questioning child witnesses. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 18, 41-51.
3. Ericsson, K.A., Krampe, R.T., & Tesch-Romer, C. (1993). The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance. Psychological Review, 100, 363-406.
4. Fisher, R.P., & Geiselman, R.E. (1992). Memory-enhancing techniques in investigative interviewing: The Cognitive Interview. Springfield, IL: Thomas.
5. Gifford, S. (1998). Analysis of non-numerical research. In C. Kerr, R. Taylor, & G. Heard (Eds.), Handbook of public health methods (pp. 543-554). New York: McGraw-Hill.
6. Goodman, G.S., Rudy, L., Bottoms, B.L., & Aman, C. (1990). Children's concerns and memory: Issues of ecological validity in the study of children's eyewitness testimony. In R. Fivush & J.A. Hudson (Eds.), Knowing and remembering in young children (pp. 249-284). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
7. Graffam Walker, A.G. (1994). Handbook on questioning children: A linguistic perspective. Washington: ABA Center on Children and the Law.
8. Gregory, R.J. (2004). Psychological testing: History, principles and applications. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
9. Guadagno, B., Powell, M.B., & Wright, R. (2006). Police officers' and legal professionals' perceptions regarding how children are, and should be, questioned about repeated abuse. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law, 13(2), 251-260.
10. Hutcheson, G.D., Baxter, J.S., Telfer, K., & Warden, D. (1995). Child witness statement quality: Question types and errors of omission. Law and Human Behavior, 19, 631-648.
11. Jones, C., & Powell, M.B. (2005). The effect of event context on children's recall of non-experienced events across multiple interviews. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 10, 83-101.
12. Korkman, J., Santtila, P., Drzewiecki, T., & Sandnabba, N.K. (2008). Failing to keep it simple: Language use in child sexual abuse interviews with 3-8 year-old children. Psychology, Crime & Law, 14(1), 41-60.
13. Lamb, M.E., & Brown, D.A. (2006). Conversational apprentices: Helping children become competent informants about their own experiences. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24, 215-234.
14. 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, 1-9.
15. McGeogh, J.A. (1947). The psychology of human learning: An introduction. New York: Longmans, Green and Co.
16. Orbach, Y., & Lamb, M.E. (2007). Young children's references to temporal attributes of allegedly experienced events in the course of forensic interviews. Child Development, 78, 1100-1120.
17. Poole, D.A., & Lamb, M.E. (1998). Investigative interviews of children: A guide for helping professionals. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
18. Powell, M.B. (2000). PRIDE: The essential elements of a forensic interview with an Aboriginal person. Australian Psychologist, (3), 186-192.
19. Powell, M.B. (2002). Specialist training in investigative and evidential interviewing: Is it having any effect on the behaviour of professionals in the field? Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 9(1), 44-55.
20. Powell, M.B., Fisher, R.P., & Hughes-Scholes, C.H. (in press). The effect of using trained versus untrained adult respondents in simulated practice interviews about child abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect.
21. Powell, M.B., Fisher, R.P., & Wright, R. (2005). Investigative interviewing. In N. Brewer & K. Williams (Eds.), Psychology and Law: An empirical perspective (pp. 11-42). New York: Guilford Press.
22. Powell, M.B., & Snow, P.C. (2007). Guide to questioning children during the free-narrative phase of an investigative interview. Australian Psychologist, 42(1), 57-65.
23. Powell, M.B., Wright, R., & Clark, S. (in press). Improving the competency of police officers in conducting investigative interviews of children. Police Practice and Research.
24. Roberts, K.P., Lamb, M.E., & Sternberg, K.J. (1999). Effects of the timing of post-event information on preschoolers' memories of an event. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 13, 541-560.
25. Sim, J., & Wright, C. (2000). Research in health care: Concepts, designs and methods. Cheltenham, England: Stanley Thornes.
26. Sternberg, K.J., Lamb, M.E., Hershkowitz, I., Esplin, P.W., Redlich, A., & Sunshine, N. (1996). The relation between investigative utterance types and the informativeness of child witnesses. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 17, 439-451.
27. Sternberg, K.J., Lamb, M.E., Hershkowitz, I., Yudilevitch, L., Orbach, Y., Esplin, P.W., et al. (1997). Effects of introductory style on children's abilities to describe experiences of sexual abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect, 21, 1133-1146.
28. Victorian Law Reform Commission (2004). Sexual offences: Law and procedure final report. Melbourne, Australia: Victorian Law Reform Commission.
29. Wilson, C.J., & Powell, M.B. (2001). A guide to interviewing children: Essential skills for counsellors, police, lawyers and social workers. New South Wales, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
30. Wright, R., & Powell, M.B. (2006). What makes a good investigative interviewer of children? A comparison of police officers' and experts' perceptions. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 30(1), 21-31.
31. Wright, R., Powell, M.B., & Ridge, D. (2007). What criteria do police officers use to measure the success of an interview with a child witness? Psychology, Crime and Law, 13(4), 395-404.