开放式的初次邀请特别有助于从儿童证人那里获得法医相关的信息
Meaghan C Danby1, Stefanie J Sharman1
1School of Psychology, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia.
Child abuse & neglect
|October 16, 2023
概括
最初的邀请是最有效的开放式提示,以从儿童虐待受害者那里获得法律上必不可少的细节. 这项研究有助于改善儿童虐待案件的法医采访技术.
科学领域:
- 法医心理学 法医心理学
- 儿童发展 儿童发展
- 法律心理学 法律心理学
背景情况:
- 开放式提示对于在采访期间从儿童虐待受害者那里获取证据信息至关重要.
- 之前的研究没有确定不同的开放式提示符类型是否产生不同程度的法医相关性.
- 在虐待儿童调查中,有效的采访对于收集准确的报道至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了分析面试官对三个开放式提示子类型的应用:初始邀请,宽度提示和深度提示.
- 通过每个提示子类型获得的信息的法医相关性进行比较.
- 评估即时类型对获取信息的详细性和法律意义的影响.
主要方法:
- 分析了53名警察采访者和涉嫌虐待的儿童 (6至16岁) 现场采访的成绩单.
- 在面试成绩单中识别和分类初始邀请,宽度提示和深度提示.
- 根据法医相关性 (基本,相关,上下文,无关等) 将儿童反应分类为条款. ) 的情况.
主要成果:
- 采访者使用初始邀请的频率比使用广度和深度提示的频率少.
- 与广度和深度提示相比,最初的邀请引起了更高比例的基本和相关条款.
- 深度提示引发了比宽度提示更高比例的基本条款;孩子的年龄影响最小.
结论:
- 最初的邀请是一个非常有效的开放式提示子类型,用于从儿童证人那里获得法律上必不可少的细节.
- 这一发现适用于报告虐待的不同年龄组的儿童.
- 这项研究强调了在对儿童进行法医采访时战略性快速选择的重要性.
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