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dc.contributor.authorCauchi, Rita
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Martine B
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-16T05:42:37Z
dc.date.available2021-08-16T05:42:37Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.issn1461-3557en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1350/ijps.2009.11.4.147en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/406957
dc.description.abstractThis study provided a critical examination of handwritten records (notes) of interviews contained in a sample of 89 police case files about alleged child abuse. Some of the notes examined related to initial disclosure (complaint) interviews which were not electronically recorded and were meant to be recorded verbatim. Notes of electronically recorded interviews, which merely constituted a convenient summary of the case details, were also examined. Collectively, the analyses focused on the accessibility, completeness and accuracy of the notes, and the degree to which the interviewers' questions and witnesses' answers were differentiated. In relation to the disclosure interviews, a substantial proportion of these were not accessible. Of those where the notes were obtained, the detail recorded was not a complete record of conversation, and there was often poor delineation of questions and responses. Analysis of the electronically recorded interviews showed that these were not an entirely accurate summary of event details even though the note takers' sole task was to document the interview. The implications of these findings are discussed.en_US
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom505en_US
dc.relation.ispartofpageto515en_US
dc.relation.ispartofissue4en_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Police Science & Managementen_US
dc.relation.ispartofvolume11en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and Administrationen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1602en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1605en_US
dc.titleAn Examination of Police Officers' Notes of Interviews with Alleged Child Abuse Victimsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCauchi, R; Powell, MB, An Examination of Police Officers' Notes of Interviews with Alleged Child Abuse Victims, International Journal of Police Science & Management, 2009, 11 (4), pp. 505-515en_US
dc.date.updated2021-08-13T02:09:29Z
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