Commentary: Assessing the quality of child investigative interviewing in the Netherlands

Rispens, Imke; Dekens, Karina; Haak, Riannet

doi:10.1002/acp.3545

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“…Based on our findings, we argued that on this aspect of conducting child interviews (i.e., the types of questions used), the Scenario Model needs improvement. Rispens et al (in press)—who developed and teach the Scenario Model—commented on our findings and disagreed with our conclusion. It is a positive sign that the Dutch police have joined the academic discussion on child investigative interviewing.…”

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“…Rispens and colleagues (in press) start their commentary by describing the Scenario Model. The authors explain that the Scenario Model has much in common with the NICHD (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Lamb, Orbach, Hershkowitz, Esplin, & Horowitz, ) Protocol (e.g., discussing ground rules, using rapport building).…”

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“…We think that one of the reasons the Scenario Model is not well aligned with research‐based recommendations for interviewing children stems from misunderstandings of Rispens and colleagues (in press) about the literature on child investigative interviewing. We will address two.…”

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“…However, it is often recommended that directives should be paired with invitations (e.g., Wolfman, Brown, & Jose, ). An example would be: “You said you were in your grandpa's bedroom, tell me about what happened.” As an example, Rispens et al (in press) refer to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to argue that these children need more directives during interviewing. However, this does not mean that the main focus on invitations should be abolished in such cases.…”

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“…We fully agree that the first empirical paper on the quality of the Scenario Model has limitations (Otgaar et al, ). Like Rispens et al (in press) correctly stated, we only concentrated on the type of questions used in the Scenario Model interviews, to estimate interview quality, a strategy that has been used in previous studies (e.g., Cyr & Lamb, ; Orbach et al, ). Future research should certainly examine the answers provided by children, an issue we stressed in our original paper (p. xx).…”

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The burden of proof of the Dutch police: Why the scenario model continues to deliver low‐quality child interviews

Otgaar

Ruiter

Rooy

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

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In a recent paper , we reported on the first empirical investigation into the Scenario Model, an interview method used by the Dutch police to interview alleged child victims of abuse. We found that open prompts, known to elicit detailed and accurate statements in children, were rarely used. Based on our findings, we argued that on this aspect of conducting child interviews (i.e., the types of questions used), the Scenario Model needs improvement. Rispens et al. (in press)-who developed and teach the Scenario Modelcommented on our findings and disagreed with our conclusion. It is a positive sign that the Dutch police have joined the academic discussion on child investigative interviewing. In this reply, we will argue that Rispens et al. have not used sound arguments to support their conclusion and that we stand by our position that Dutch child interviews need improvement. We will discuss some issues of disagreement but will also focus on topics that we agree on.

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Evaluating Investigative Interviews with Children in New Zealand

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<p><strong>Child witnesses can give informative and reliable testimony when they are interviewed appropriately. Interviews in New Zealand follow the Specialist Child Interviewing Model which is consistent with international evidence-based practice. This study examined investigative interviews with children in New Zealand through interviewers’ adherence to preparatory and structural components of the model, their interviewing strategy, and how interviewers responded when children demonstrated difficulty. Interviewers (n = 24) demonstrated good adherence to preparatory components of the model and typically responded well when children expressed difficulty in answering questions. The practice interview was generally brief and comprised largely of invitations, with limited variety in questioning strategies and associated pairing of invitations, with more focused questions. When eliciting the child’s account, interviewers relied predominantly on direct questions rather than invitations to obtain information. On average, interviewers posed three direct or option posing questions in a row before introducing an invitation style prompt, indicating a departure from recommended practice. Training and development resources could focus on the practice narrative interview, to increase the depth and breadth of questioning used with children. This would thereby better achieve its intended function as a precursor to the questioning strategies adopted during the substantive phase. Further, increasing the emphasis on pairing as an important aspect of good interviewing practice may minimise interviewers’ use of direct questions and increase the frequency of invitations (open and cued) to promote best-practice.</strong></p>

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Commentary: Assessing the quality of child investigative interviewing in the Netherlands

Cited by 2 publications

References 12 publications

The burden of proof of the Dutch police: Why the scenario model continues to deliver low‐quality child interviews

The burden of proof of the Dutch police: Why the scenario model continues to deliver low‐quality child interviews

Evaluating Investigative Interviews with Children in New Zealand

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