Michael E. Lamb, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. Deirdre A. Brown, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Victoria University of Wellington. Irit Hershkowitz, PhD, is Professor of Social Work at the University of Haifa. Yael Orbach, PhD, worked as a Staff Scientist and senior researcher in the Section on Social and Emotional Development of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Phillip W. Esplin has worked as a forensic psychologist based in Phoenix, AZ for more than 40 years.
About the Authors ix Series Preface xi Preface xv 1 Interviewing Children
About Abuse: An Overview and Introduction 1 2 Contributions to Children's
Testimony: The Child and the Event 11 3 Contributions to Testimony:
Preparation for the Interview and Questioning Strategies 47 4 How do
Investigators Typically Interview Alleged Victims? 67 5 The NICHD
Investigative Interview Protocols for Young Victims and Witnesses 87 6 When
Interviewers Follow the Protocol, What Impact Does it Have on Their
Interviewing and on Children's Responding? 101 7 Interviewing Suspected
Victims under Six Years of Age 119 8 Interviewing Children with
Developmental Disabilities 137 9 The Revised Protocol: Effectively
Supporting Reluctant Witnesses 161 10 Using Tools and Props to Complement
the Protocol 189 11 Training and Maintaining Good Interviewing Practice 201
12 Case-related Outcomes When the Protocol is Used 213 13 Progress to Date
and the Challenges Ahead 225 Revised Investigative Interview Protocol:
Version 2018 239 References 251 Index 315
