TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davies, Emma
TI  - Sexual abuse investigation and criminal court processes: doing justice to the child?
U1  - 362.76 DAV 
PY  - 1999///
KW  - FVC
KW  - INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES
KW  - THESES
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - PhD thesis, University of Auckland
N2  - This thesis contributes to literature on child sexual abuse investigation and criminal justice processes by conducting a programme evaluation of these processes in Auckland, New Zealand. In the first part of the study, 51 child complainants and 124 primary carers were interviewed about their perceptions of social work, medical examinations and criminal court proceedings. The second part of this research involved analyses of criminal court transcripts on the ways that children are questioned by evidential interviewers and lawyers in court. The findings reveal deficiencies within agency practices, and agency policies which impact negatively on children and their families during the sexual abuse investigation processes. Recommendations to address some of these deficiencies are proposed.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
UR  -  http://hdl.handle.net/2292/1764
ER  -