000			01681nam a2200277Ia 4500
651	2	4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
999			_c3301 _d3301
001			31756
005			20250625151249.0
008			110331s1998 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
082	0		_a362.76 DAV
100			_91025 _aDavies, Emma
245			_aSexual abuse investigation and criminal court processes : _bdoing justice to the child? _cDavies, Emma
246			_aThesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University of Auckland
260			_c1999
300			_a303 p.
365			_a00 _b0
500			_aPhD thesis, University of Auckland
520			_aThis 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
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES _9328
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE _2FVC
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
856			_u http://hdl.handle.net/2292/1764
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS