Children’s reports of body touching in medical examinations: The benefits and risks of using body diagrams.

Bruck, Maggie; Kelley, Kristen D.; Poole, Debra Ann

doi:10.1037/law0000076

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“…The same can be said of interviewers who reported bringing body drawings and dolls into the interview. As the benefits and risks associated with body drawings are mixed and may depend on how they are used (see Bruck, Kelley, & Poole, ; Poole, Bruck, & Pipe, ), it will be important for future research to evaluate how various tools are used within the context of the interviews to better understand the risks involved. Of particular interest for future research is the use of earpieces in forensic interviews.…”

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Self‐Reported Current Practices in Child Forensic Interviewing: Training, Tools, and Pre‐Interview Preparation

Rivard

Compo

2017

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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In child sexual abuse investigations, forensic interviewers within the Child Advocacy Center (CAC) model serve as neutral fact-finders for a team of professionals tasked with investigating and intervening in cases of alleged child sexual abuse. Although empirical evidence has led to the development of best-practice techniques and protocols, there is currently no universally adopted protocol in the field. The present research gathered detailed information from a national sample of real-world child forensic interviewers about their training and current practices, with a specific focus on assessing the information interviewers typically review prior to conducting child forensic interviews. Most notably, the survey revealed a lack of uniformity in interviewing protocols adopted and pre-interview preparation practices. Although rare, some interviewers reported using an allegation-blind interviewing approach, highlighting the need for future research on this and other under-studied techniques. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Self‐Reported Current Practices in Child Forensic Interviewing: Training, Tools, and Pre‐Interview Preparation

Rivard

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2017

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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“…We included interview phases with and without body diagrams because there is converging evidence that diagrams often increase accurate and inaccurate reports of touching compared with verbal questions alone. These increases have been found in studies of innocuous touching (e.g., Brown, Pipe, Lewis, Lamb, & Orbach, 2012;Poole & Dickinson, 2011) and in medical analog studies (Bruck, Kelley, & Poole, 2016;Steward & Steward, 1996). By contrasting conventional and diagram-assisted interviewing, we were able to evaluate whether diagrams would also increase true and false reports in the Germ Detective paradigm and whether the benefits and risks of diagrams were comparable among children who had and had not previously disclosed.…”

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The influence of disclosure history and body diagrams on children’s reports of inappropriate touching: Evidence from a new analog paradigm.

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Poole²

2017

Law and Human Behavior

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We tested a new paradigm for child eyewitness research that incorporates children's disclosure histories into analog study designs. Mr. Science-Germ Detective creates meaningful touching experiences and varied patterns of preinterview disclosures by convincing children that touching in the laboratory is potentially contaminating (germy). Children (N = 287, 4 to 8 years) heard that Mr. Science could no longer touch children's skin and then participated in an educational program involving 2 attempted touches. A week later, their disclosure histories were determined by a phone call that occurred a day before a forensic-style interview in the laboratory. This interview was delivered in 1 of 2 conditions: with early open-ended and more focused prompts delivered without a diagram (conventional-first condition) or with an initial diagram-assisted phase (diagram-first condition). Results confirmed that the new paradigm produces salient touches and performance patterns across open-ended and more focused questions that mirror well-known findings in eyewitness studies. A diagram made it easier for research assistants to elicit detailed reports of touching, but only among children 5 years and older who had not previously disclosed. Accuracy rates were comparable across interview conditions for early substantive phases but declined among older children when interviewers used diagrams to elicit additional reports late in interviews. These findings demonstrate that disclosure history is an important variable to include in analog study designs and confirm that Germ Detective is a promising paradigm for initial tests of new interviewing strategies. (PsycINFO Database Record

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“…However, there is little mention of the ABE (Ministry of Justice, 2011) interviewing protocol guidance, nor of the potential risk that their assessment practices and communication aids may have in relation to suggestibility (Brown, 2011). Given the concerns generated by research examining some more commonly used communication aids (for example, Bruck et al, 2016; Poole, et al, 2011; Santtila et al, 2004) this raises questions as to their understanding of how communication aids used during assessment and interview may affect children’s recall. This is not to suggest that assessments and aids should not be used, but that training and CPD in these areas will support RI understanding of these complex psychological phenomena so that RIs can make educated decisions about their assessment and practical approaches.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Researchers have found that young children still struggle to understand these body diagrams as representations of self (for example, Lytle, London and Bruck, 2015). Furthermore, interviews with children involving body diagrams produce increased reports of touching (for example, Bruck, Kelley and Poole, 2016; Dickinson and Poole, 2017) and may, with younger children, come at the expense of accuracy (Bruck, Kelley and Poole, 2016).…”

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Registered intermediaries’ assessment of children’s communication: An exploration of aims and processes

Collins

Krähenbühl

2020

The International Journal of Evidence & Proof

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Following the implementation of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 for England and Wales, Registered Intermediaries have been available to assist child witness communication in legal proceedings since 2004. Registered Intermediaries are given training to fulfil this role. However, their assessments and practices are conducted independently. This study examined Registered Intermediaries’ perceptions and experiences of this independent practice, and the impact this had on the quality of the legal process in terms of evidential quality, child witness experiences and engagement. Seventeen experienced and currently active Registered Intermediaries with a range of communication specialisms took part in semi-structured interviews, which were analysed thematically. Six main themes emerged from the data: assessment constraints and requirements, essential elements of the assessment process, why the assessment process is effective, ensuring recommendations are followed through, pressures and barriers, and practice development. The Registered Intermediaries stressed the need for further training for themselves as well as for legal professionals, and emphasised the benefits of working as a team throughout the assessment and legal process.

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Children’s reports of body touching in medical examinations: The benefits and risks of using body diagrams.

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Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Self‐Reported Current Practices in Child Forensic Interviewing: Training, Tools, and Pre‐Interview Preparation

Self‐Reported Current Practices in Child Forensic Interviewing: Training, Tools, and Pre‐Interview Preparation

The influence of disclosure history and body diagrams on children’s reports of inappropriate touching: Evidence from a new analog paradigm.

Registered intermediaries’ assessment of children’s communication: An exploration of aims and processes

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