Assessing the effectiveness of the NICHD investigative interview Protocol when interviewing French-speaking alleged victims of child sexual abuse in Quebec

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 257-268

  Cyr, Mireille ^a   Lamb, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Children's informativeness; Forensic interviews; Interviewer prompts; Structured interviews

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NICHD PROTOCOL; OFFENDER; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; POLICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAINING; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC;

EID: 67349288063     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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