Forensic Interview

This worker had to explain that the investigation was when the children were interviewed and took to the hospital and there's an affidavit of a abuse from children's.

3. Compare the outcome of practice the Reid Technique while interviewing a youth suspect with evidence and youth suspect without evidence.

Testimonies from children who have experienced sexual assault can mean the difference between guilty and not guilty verdicts for the defendant. Often times child victims are psychologically and even physically harmed jeopardizing their statements during the trial. There are a number of reasons for children to be unable to give full accounts of what has occurred to them. For the purpose of protecting child victims and making sure they are heard the courts have implemented innovations that make testifying less traumatic for children and allow for a more accurate description of the assault. Hearsay testimonies are one of the innovations that have been shown to give child victims of sexual assault the chance to be fully heard. Victims directly

When assessing an infant or child for suspected child abuse Frist, the nurse needs to listen and observe, look the child's appearance, watch the behavior and interaction of the adults who accompanied the patient. Listen to the information provided while taking a history and looking for any signs or symptoms.

circumstantial evidence in child abuse case, it's difficult to tell how it occurred. In this chapter,

It is important to remember that if the professionals involved decide to investigate the matter when a suspected case of child abuse has been reported by the practitioner; then the practitioner’s records will be vital evidence and, as such, must be accurate. It may be many months after the event has taken place when the practitioner is

Due to the interview taking place after hours and the case not being assigned until the following day, I was unable to be present at the time of the interview. However, I have since observed a copy of that interview. The following is a summary of the forensic interview conducted that night by Megan Merrill with Deja Jones. This is a summary, not an exact transcript.

PER REPORTER: On 11-21-2014 during a forensic interview in the state of California with the unknown victim; the victim was asked if she had seen Gray (Bella’s bio-father) sexual abuse anyone else. The unknown victim nodded her head up and down. She was than asked “How did she know”? The unknown victim stated Gray and his ex girlfriend have two children together and he did it to his own blood child Bella. It is unknown if Bella was sexual abused in Gray’s home. It is unknown if Amanda (Bella’s mom) was aware of the abuse. Per reporter she assumes Gray and Amanda were together when the incident occurred. Per reporter during the forensic interview with the unknown victim it was said that Gray did a lot of thing to the victim. However, Gray

Throughout time children have been sole witnesses of crimes either committed to them or in their presence. Leaving forensic interviewers with the burden of withdrawing reliable information in the hopes that these children can remember. Forensic interviewers are not completely aware of children’s capacities and limitations when it comes to communication, and therefore are faced to try to withhold as much information through techniques that will elicit testimony.

The first step they take is receiving a report from police or child protective services. They then read the report and think of questions to ask so they can either confirm or deny that the incident took place. One thing that is super important for a forensic interviewer to have is to remain impartial. They cannot be biased at all when interviewing the child. Another thing they look at before they even start the interview is the child’s age, gender, and developmental level. BY doing this they can proceed in how they will interview the child. During the interview they can use a lot of techniques to make it go as smoothly as possible. One major technique that should be used when interviewing any child is to use open-ended questions instead of close ended questions. Closed questions give either a yes or no answer, this should not be used in a forensic interview. When using open-ended questions the interviewer is more likely to get more information than they would with a close-ended question. Many interviewers still make the mistake of using close ended questions for various reasons: some people use them because they think child is too young, they are looking for very specific details, kid needed help or didn’t understand the question. Another mistake many interviewers do is they think there can only be one initial interview. I didn’t know before watching the movie that you can do multiple interviews with a child. Many interviewers think that by doing many interviews it will weaken the case, or they will get conflicting statements, or that it will be traumatic on the child. If done properly all of these things can be easily

I would suggest that the interviewer should focus on open-ended questions that allow the child to elaborate on his responses. “Tell me everything that happened” remains a compelling open-ended prompt that also allows the interviewer to build rapport with the child. Scientific evidence shows that open-ended questions elicit more accurate information from children compared to close-ended questions (Leichtman & Ceci, 1995). MacFarlane also does not provide the child with any social support, but behaves with hostility and unfriendliness during the interview.

There will also be more in depth questions that require the participant to write out their answer.

1). Forensic Psychology is the application of the theories of psychology to law and the legal system. Issues of violence and its impact on individuals and/or groups delineate the main and central concerns in Forensics within the adult, juvenile, civil, and family domains. Forensic psychologists provide advice to legislators, judges, correctional officers, lawyers, and the police. They are called upon, for example, to serve as an expert witness, diagnose and treat incarcerated and probationed offenders, and screen and evaluate personnel in the law enforcement and judicial systems. Forensics encompasses a wide range of academic orientation. Synonyms for Forensic psychologists include criminal psychologist,

Strings of words normally added to a declarative sentence to turn the statement into a question.

Since the 1970s, the plight of victims in the criminal justice system has become of significant interest and now plays a prominent role in the construction of domestic and international laws. In particular, in 1999, the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (YJCEA hereafter) radically transformed the traditional adversarial trial model for receiving evidence from vulnerable and child witnesses by advocating a panoply of special measures to be utilised during criminal court proceedings. The purpose of such measures is to enhance the quality of children’s testimony through the use of screens to block the view of the perpetrator (s.23), the removal of wigs and gowns (s.26), help of intermediaries (s.29) and the use of video links to give evidence (s.21). Most significantly, following the recommendations in the 1989 report of the Home Office Advisory Group on video evidence - the 'Pigot Report ', s. 27 and 28 YJCEA made provisions for pre-recorded cross-examination-in-chief and pre-recorded cross-examination respectively. After all, the cross-examination of a child who is a victim of a crime, particularly a sexual crime, is arguably one of the most challenging courtroom ordeals. However, s. 28 of the YJCEA has never been brought into force and still remains to be “the most controversial of all” measures within the 1999 Act (Hoyano & Keenan, 2010). As a result, although children may be given the opportunity to pre-record the first part of their evidence, they must still