Guidelines to improve the quality of professionals’ contemporaneous notes of investigative interviews

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Powell, Martine
Sharman, Stefanie
Cauchi, Rita
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2011
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Children are crucial witnesses in cases of suspected child abuse. To ensure that children’s evidence is both accurate and admissible in court, investigative interviewers need to adhere to best-practice interview guidelines. Such guidelines instruct that children tell their own accounts, at their own pace, with minimal prompting. A ‘free narrative account’ using non-focused, open-ended questioning is the method recommended in contemporary interview protocols (Powell & Lancaster, 2003; Powell & Snow, 2007).

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Australian Police Journal

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65

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2

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© 2011 Australian Police Journal Limited. 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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Forensic Psychology

Police Administration, Procedures and Practice

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Powell, M; Sharman, S; Cauchi, R, Guidelines to improve the quality of professionals’ contemporaneous notes of investigative interviews, Australian Police Journal, 2011, 65, pp. 72-75

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