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Interviewing Children about Sexual Abuse: Controversies and Best Practice
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.76565
EAN: 9780195311778
ISBN: 0195311779
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 328
Publication Date: January 11, 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Editorial Review:
Interviewing children who may been sexually abused is a daunting task fraught with far-reaching consequences for the children, families, institutions, and professionals involved. With no room for error, forensic and clinical interviewers must navigate the complex and often contradictory evidence that informs their decision making.
Here, Kathleen Coulborn Faller, a leading expert on child sexual abuse, critically analyzes the research on assessing child sexual abuse. Noting that issues such as memory and suggestibility, questioning techniques, the use of media, and false allegations remain hotly contested, chapters guide readers in applying available research to professional judgment while drawing also on best practice guidelines and conceptual, clinical, and consensus-based writings. The only up-to-date resource of its kind,Interviewing Children About Sexual Abuse covers the entire interview process, showing professionals how to structure, document, and follow up on children's responses in interviews; work with children who are very young, have special needs, or come from diverse backgrounds; use standardized tests and measures; formulate conclusions about sexual abuse; and defend those decisions in a courtroom or clinical setting.
Mental health, forensic, and child welfare professionals will find in this volume a wealth of expert information that will guide them through the often murky, always emotional process of interviewing children about sexual abuse.
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Rating: - Excellent!
This book is well-written, very informative and provides details that are true to real life situations.
Rating: - Very useful !
We have to be prepared to fight against children sexual abuse and this is a very important book to do it.
Rating: - An Incredibly Important Book
This is absolutely requisite for any professional investigating or addressing the sexual abuse of children. The author presents an exceptional overview of the contemporary research, and provides the reader with a wealth of effective and highly salient practice methodology. The importance of this work to the field cannot be overstated. Any and every professional who talks to children about sexual abuse, from law enforcement investigators to therapists, should read this book.
Carl Friesen, ... Read More
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