Questioning child complainants in sexual abuse cases : (Record no. 2272)

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International Standard Serial Number 1173-4906
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Personal name Davies, Emma
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Title Questioning child complainants in sexual abuse cases :
Remainder of title is justice served?
Statement of responsibility, etc Davies, Emma; Seymour, Fred
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Wellington
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Child, Youth and Family
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1998
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 52 p. ; computer file : PDF format (265Kb)
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General note Social Work Now (10) August 1998 : 23-27
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Summary, etc This article reports on research conducted by the authors to determine the types of questions being used by evidential interviewers, prosecutors and defence lawyers, where child sexual abuse has been alleged. Twelve evidential interviews and 26 transcripts of examinations and cross-examinations of child complainants in 16 child sexual abuse trials held in 1994 were examined. The average age of children in the evidential interviews was 9 years, and for the children and young people questioned in court it was 12 years. The authors looked at the use of open and closed questions, the sentence structure of the questions asked, the order and focus of questions asked in cross-examination and the number of times judges intervened. The results show that evidential interviewers asked fewer non-leading closed questions about the specifics of an incident (19%) than either prosecutors (41%) or defence lawyers (63%). The authors contend that it is ironic that defence lawyers often attack evidential interviewers for using leading questions, while placing enormous reliance on this form of questioning themselves. Multifaceted questions, and those with negatives or complex sentence structures were rarely used by evidential interviewers but were commonplace in the cross-examination of child complaints by defence lawyers; prosecutors used them less than defence lawyers. The authors suggest that, usually, either a defence lawyer deliberately uses them to confuse young complainants, or it reflects a lack of training on how to effectively communicate with children. In terms of the 26 analysed cross-examination questions, 65% used this technique more than once, a particularly concerning finding given that this technique is used for confusing witnesses. In the cases researched, neither the judges nor prosecution intervened to protect a child complainant even though the law allows this where intimidation or overbearing questions are asked with respect to the age of the witness. The authors concluded that unless children are asked questions in a straightforward manner in which they can understand, and unless adults are sufficiently informed to understand what children are saying and to intervene appropriately, then the concept of justice cannot be served. Recommendations are made on how to best meet the needs of young witnesses.
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Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element ADOLESCENTS
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Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element CHILDREN
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element EVIDENCE
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES
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Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element JUSTICE
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Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element LEGISLATION
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Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element NEGLECT
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Geographic name NEW ZEALAND
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650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element PREVENTION
Source of heading or term FVC
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element CHILD ABUSE
Source of heading or term FVC
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
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Personal name Seymour, Fred
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Title Social Work Now (10) August 1998 : 23-27
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Uniform title Social Work Now
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