An Overview of Current Initiatives to Improve Child Witness Interviews about Sexual Abuse

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Powell, Martine B
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This comment provides an overview of the main barriers to eliciting quality evidence from child witnesses in sexual abuse cases and recent attempts within several Australian jurisdictions to overcome these barriers. The comment takes a constructive approach. Recommendations relate to five themes: adoption of a narrative framework, quality of training, interviewer workplace climate, prosecutor feedback, and ongoing case tracking and evaluation. While the focus is on child witnesses, the recommendations also apply to other vulnerable witnesses and adults.

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Current Issues in Criminal Justice

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25

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2

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© 2013, Published by The Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.

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Powell, MB, An Overview of Current Initiatives to Improve Child Witness Interviews about Sexual Abuse, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2013, 25 (2), pp. 711-720

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