Repeated Interviews With Children Who Are the Alleged Victims of Sexual Abuse

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-218

  Katz, Carmit ^a   Hershkowitz, Irit ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

child sexual abuse; hypermnesia; investigative interviews; reminiscence; repeated interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875352670     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731512467511     Document Type: Article

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