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dc.contributor.authorBurrows, Kimberlee S
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Martine B
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-13T21:57:05Z
dc.date.available2020-02-13T21:57:05Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn1321-8719
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13218719.2015.1019332
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/391416
dc.description.abstractFor the successful prosecution of child sexual abuse offences, investigative interviews of alleged victims must establish beyond reasonable doubt the nature of each sexual offence alleged. One limitation of interviews from an evidential (prosecution) perspective is that they often include unnecessary questions about sexual acts, which risk damaging the witness's credibility in the eyes of the jury. The aim of this study, using focus group methodology, was to elicit further guidance from prosecutors about when, and how, interviewers should clarify details about sexual acts. Overall, the prosecutors advised that three factors need to be considered before asking clarifying questions: whether the detail already provided by the witness would be clear to juries; the developmental age of the child; and the strength of the evidence available to support the allegations. These findings and their implications for investigative interviewers are discussed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom903
dc.relation.ispartofpageto911
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsychiatry, Psychology and Law
dc.relation.ispartofvolume22
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsCriminology & Penology
dc.titleProsecutors' Perspectives on Clarifying Sexual Acts in Child Abuse Interviews
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBurrows, KS; Powell, MB, Prosecutors' Perspectives on Clarifying Sexual Acts in Child Abuse Interviews, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2015, 22 (6), pp. 903-911
dc.date.updated2020-02-13T05:08:49Z
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gro.griffith.authorPowell, Martine B.


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