Police interviews with child sexual abuse victims: Patterns of reporting, avoidance and denial

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-205

  Leander, Lina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child interviews; Child sexual abuse; Children's memory; Children's testimony

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENIAL; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL EVIDENCE; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MALE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; POLICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; VICTIM; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INCEST; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; POLICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77950370983     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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