Episode 7: Interviewing Preschoolers

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Ahern, E. C., Andrews, S. J., Stolzenberg, S. N., & Lyon, T. D. (2015). The productivity of wh-prompts in child forensic interviews. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 33(13), 2007-2015. DOI:10.1177/0866260515621084  

Gagon, K., & Cyr, M. (2017). Sexual abuse and preschoolers: Forensic details in regard of question types. Child Abuse & Neglect, 67, 109-118. DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.02.022    

Lamb, M. E., Malloy, L. C., Hershkowitz, I., & La Rooy, D. (2015). Children and the law. In R. Lerner & M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology and developmental science: Socioemotional processes (7th ed., Vol. 3, pp. 464-512). Wiley.

Magnusson, M., Ernberg, E., & Landstrom, S. (2017). Preschoolers’ disclosures of child sexual abuse: Examining corroborated cases from Swedish courts. Child Abuse & Neglect, 70, 199-209. DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.05.018    

Malloy, L. C., Orbach, Y., Lamb, M. E., & Walker, A. G. (2017). “How” and “why” prompts in forensic investigative interviews with preschool children. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 23(3), 281-289. DOI:10.1080/10888691.2016.1158652    

Stolzenberg, S. N., McWilliams, K., & Lyon, T. D. (2017). Spatial language, question type, and young children’s ability to describe clothing: Legal and developmental implications. Law and Human Behavior, 41(4), 398-409. DOI:10.1037/lhb0000237     

Bibliographies

• Interviewing Preschoolers
• False Allegations in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse

Research-to-Practice 

• Do Forensic Interview Protocols Work for Preschoolers?
• Guidelines for Age-Appropriate Questions 

Online trainings in:

  NCAC Virtual Training Center

• I just knowed it – What can we expect from our youngest victims
• Child Development 101
• Interviewing Preschoolers