Episode 6: Faux Invitations and Other Challenging Questions

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Ahern, A. C., Andrews, S. J., Stolzenberg, S. N., & Lyon, T. D. (2018). The productivity of wh- prompts in child forensic interviews. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33(13), 2007-2015. DOI:10.1177/0886260515621084

Brubacher, S. P., Peterson, C., La Rooy, D., Dickinson, J. J., & Poole, D. A. (2019) How children talk about events: Implications for eliciting and analyzing eyewitness reports. Developmental Review, 51, 70-89. DOI:10.1016/j.dr.2018.12.003

Henderson, H. M., Russo, N., & Lyon, T. D. (2020). Forensic interviewers' difficulty with invitations: Faux invitations and negative recasting. Child Maltreatment, 25(3), 363-372. DOI:10.1177/1077559519895593

Katz, C., & Hershkowitz, I. (2012). The effects of multipart prompts on children's testimonies in sexual abuse investigations. Child Abuse & Neglect, 36(11-12), 753-759. DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.07.002

Rocha, E. M., Marche, T. A., & Briere, J. L. (2013). The effect of forced-choice questions on children's suggestibility: A comparison of multiple-choice and yes/no questions. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 45(1), 1-11. DOI:10.1037/a0028507

Saywitz, K. J., Lyon, T. D., & Goodman, G. S. (2018). When interviewing children: A review & update. In J. Conte & B. Klika (Eds.), APSAC handbook on child maltreatment (4th ed., pp. 310-329). Sage.

Bibliography

• Question Types in Forensic Interviews 

Additional Resources

• Takeaway Tuesday “Beyond Tell Me More”

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• Inquiring Minds Want to Know