Techniques used by investigative interviewers to elicit disclosures of abuse from child witnesses : a critique Hughes-Scholes, C and Powell, Martine 2013, Techniques used by investigative interviewers to elicit disclosures of abuse from child witnesses : a critique, Police practice and research, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 45-52, doi: 10.1080/15614263.2012.680716. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Techniques used by investigative interviewers to elicit disclosures of abuse from child witnesses : a critique Author(s) Hughes-Scholes, C Powell, Martine orcid.org/0000-0001-5092-1308 Journal name Police practice and research Volume number 14 Issue number 1 Start page 45 End page 52 Total pages 8 Publisher Routledge Place of publication Oxon, England Publication date 2013-02 ISSN 1561-4263 1477-271X Keyword(s) investigative interviewing child sexual abuse interviewer training police witnesses disclosures Summary Eliciting disclosures of abuse from children is a challenging skill that requires considerable practice, feedback, training and instruction. While there is an abundance of literature outlining what constitutes best practice interviewing of children, there has been little discussion, in particular, of investigative interviewers’ limitations when applying best practice interview guidelines to elicit disclosures of abusive acts. This paper assists police by identifying common problems of child investigative interviewers when eliciting disclosures (N = 131) and provides alternate questioning strategies. The results support the need for further training to be developed to ensure better adherence to best practice guidelines in relation to all aspects of eliciting a disclosure from children. Language eng DOI 10.1080/15614263.2012.680716 Field of Research 170104 Forensic Psychology 1602 Criminology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30050417 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Psychology Higher Education Research Group 2018 ERA Submission Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 05 Feb 2013, 13:39:56 EST Wed, 06 Feb 2013, 10:45:46 EST Wed, 06 Feb 2013, 10:49:49 EST Thu, 21 Mar 2013, 10:37:06 EST Thu, 21 Mar 2013, 10:38:53 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 16:30:45 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 15:58:06 EST Fri, 09 Feb 2018, 14:13:17 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 9 times in TR Web of Science Cited 7 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 469 Abstract Views, 15 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 05 Feb 2013, 13:39:46 EST by Jane Moschetti