TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patterson, Tess
TI  - Interviewer's questions, children's responses: assessments of children who may have been abused
U1  - 362.76 INT 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Dunedin
PB  - University of Otago
KW  - FVC
KW  - ASSESSMENT
KW  - CHILDREN
KW  - DISCLOSURE
KW  - EVALUATION
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES
KW  - RESEARCH
KW  - THESES
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D) - University of Otago, 2002; nz
N2  - This thesis is based on interviews conducted with 26 three to eight year old children who were assessed regarding concerns that they may have been abused, and on 88 transcripts of children undergoing a diagnostic assessment for potential sexual or physical abuse at a regional Child Youth and Family protection agency.  Three issues are considered: how children were questioned; how they responded; and the conditions under which the children disclosed substantive issues.     The author argues that there are specific techniques that enable children to disclose abuse more comfortably, and specific techniques that inhibit any sort of disclosure.  The author further argues that many of the procedures in place in the court system currently fall in the second category and actually inhibit the child as they are focused on evidence and proof, rather than putting the child at ease.  Recommendations are made for further research in the area of effective methods for interviewing children, as well as recognition of the three studies in current practice
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8182
ER  -