Transfer of Skills in the Context of Non‐Suggestive Investigative Interviews: Impact of Structured Interview Protocol and Feedback

Cyr, Mireille; Dion, Jacinthe; McDuff, Pierre; Trotier-Sylvain, Karine

doi:10.1002/acp.2822

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“…We need to understand more fully why interviewers use the strategies they do so we can identify how to promote adhering to best‐practice tenets. Researchers have demonstrated that regular and focused guidance and supervision promote effective interviewing practices , yet the available pool of qualified and experienced supervisors is limited. As a result, we should invest in research examining other ways to access supervision and review practice (e.g., Web‐based supervision, self‐reflective exercises; ).…”

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Can Children Be Useful Witnesses? It Depends How They Are Questioned

Brown

Lamb

2015

Child Dev Perspectives

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For several decades, researchers have examined how children develop autobiographical memory, demonstrating that even young children report useful information about their experiences. However, the way adults question children influences profoundly the amount and nature of what children report. This research is relevant for the many contexts in which children are questioned (e.g., criminal investigations, courtroom proceedings, clinical settings). In this article, we briefly review developmental changes in how children respond to various kinds of questions. And we reflect on the implications for research and practice when children are interviewed to determine what they have experienced.

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Section: Looking Aheadmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Children Be Useful Witnesses? It Depends How They Are Questioned

Brown

Lamb

2015

Child Dev Perspectives

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“…In Quebec, Canada, there are some police departments with only one interviewer, posing a challenge for external feedback: (Cyr, Dion, McDuff, & Trotier-Sylvain, 2012)." -Mireille Cyr, Canada Adopting the NICHD protocol when legal system requirements may pose a challenge All of the experts who have provided commentary on the use of the NICHD protocol throughout this review work in countries where the legal system already encourages high-quality interviewing of child victim/witnesses, or where recent changes have taken place to facilitate the transition to incorporating the Protocol.…”

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The NICHD protocol: a review of an internationally-used evidence-based tool for training child forensic interviewers

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Brubacher

Aromäki-Stratos

et al. 2015

Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice

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This article reviews an evidence-based tool for training child forensic interviewers called the NICHD Protocol, and the relevant research on: children's memory development; communication; suggestibility; the importance of open-prompts, and challenges associated with interview training. We include international contributions from experienced trainers, practitioners, and scientists, who are already using the Protocol or whose national or regional procedures have been directly influenced by the NICHD Protocol research (Canada, Finland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, and United States). Throughout the review, these experts comment on: how and when the Protocol was adopted in their country; who uses it; challenges to implementation and translation; training procedures; and other pertinent aspects.We aim to further promote good interviewing practice by sharing the experiences of these experts. The NICHD Protocol can be easily incorporated into existing training programs worldwide and is available for free. It was originally developed in English and Hebrew and is available in several other languages at nichdprotocol.com. Central to the development of interview guidelines has been knowledge of how memory works, children's developmental capabilities, and the conditions that improve children's ability to discuss their abuse experiences. After many decades of experimental and applied memory research, conducted primarily by psychologists, we have come to understand the strengths, weaknesses, and features of children's memory very well, and this knowledge has shaped many professional recommendations about interviewing children (e.g., American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children [APSAC], 1990[APSAC], , 1997 Home Office, 1992, 2002, Lamb, Orbach, Hershkowitz, Esplin, & Horowitz, 2007; Ministry of Justice, 2011; Poole & Lamb, NICHD PROTOCOL REVIEW 4 1998; Scottish Executive, 2003. Because our knowledge of memory is now so advanced, core recommendations made by professional bodies worldwide share remarkable consensus Lamb, La Rooy, Malloy, & Katz, 2011). Small differences in recommended procedures usually arise out of regional idiosyncratic legal constraints, rather than disagreements between scientists about the basic nature of memory and children's developing abilities. While structured, the NICHD Protocol is flexible enough to allow for such modifications to enhance its applicability for use around the world. We now briefly review the empirical literature on children's memory development that served to guide all aspects of the NICHD Protocol. Important Characteristics of Memory DevelopmentVery young children can remember and report their experiences. It is paradoxical that, as adults, we have very little recollection of our early years of life, whereas young children and infants can and do remember their experiences, at least for a short period of time (e.g., Bauer, Wenner, Dropik, & Wewerka, 2000). Memory for experiences in fact develops long before infants can tell us about the...

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“…The interviewing of child witnesses is no exception (Cyr, Dion, McDuff, & Trotier-Sylvain, 2012;Powell, Fisher, & Hughes-Scholes, 2008). Without feedback, interviewers have little idea about whether their interviewing is good or bad, improving or getting worse.…”

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Elements Underpinning Successful Implementation of a National Best-Practice Child Investigative Interviewing Framework

Powell

Barnett

2014

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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The complexity and effort required to achieve the widespread implementation of bestpractice child interview guidelines justifies the establishment of structures to enhance crossjurisdictional sharing of expertise, resources and training delivery support. Australia has made great strides toward such a system via work currently being undertaken by police jurisdictions to facilitate greater consistency in education and training for practitioners in the area of investigative interviewing, strengthening collaboration between police and tertiary education institutions, and growing commitment to evidence-based policy and practice among police executives. To maximise progress, however, organisations need to consider the development of a coordinated continual quality improvement approach. This will be impeded by three structural elements: access to field interviews for practitioner feedback and organisational evaluation, interviewer tenure and case tracking. This article discusses each element, their roles within a national best-practice interview framework, and attempts by some jurisdictions to address them. It also provides recommendations to guide further reform.

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Transfer of Skills in the Context of Non‐Suggestive Investigative Interviews: Impact of Structured Interview Protocol and Feedback

Cited by 45 publications

References 53 publications

Can Children Be Useful Witnesses? It Depends How They Are Questioned

Can Children Be Useful Witnesses? It Depends How They Are Questioned

The NICHD protocol: a review of an internationally-used evidence-based tool for training child forensic interviewers

Elements Underpinning Successful Implementation of a National Best-Practice Child Investigative Interviewing Framework

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