Interviewing Children: The Science of Conversation in Forensic Contexts

Interviewing Children: The Science of Conversation in Forensic Contexts

by Debra Ann Poole PhD
Interviewing Children: The Science of Conversation in Forensic Contexts

Interviewing Children: The Science of Conversation in Forensic Contexts

by Debra Ann Poole PhD

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Overview

Because of children’s incomplete language development, their greater risk of retrieving inaccurate information in response to memory cues, and their desire to say what they think the interviewer wants to hear (whether truthful or not), child eyewitness testimony can be unreliable.

In this book, Debra Ann Poole presents a flexible, evidence-based approach to interviewing children that reduces the ambiguities and errors in children’s responses. Through her descriptions of best practices, brief summaries of supporting research, and example interview dialogs, Poole provides a roadmap for anyone working in a forensic context.

This book is essential reading for those who interview children, supervise interviewers, review interview findings, or craft local policies about interviewing children.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781433822155
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Publication date: 06/16/2016
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

DebraA.Poole,PhD, is a professor of psychology at Central Michigan University. Since receiving a doctorate in developmental psychology from the University of Iowa, she has conducted studies on children’s eyewitness testimony and interviewing techniques. Her research, funded by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation, has explored the effects of repeated questioning, how children respond to different question forms, the influence of misinformation from parents on children’s event narratives, children’s ability to report the sources of their knowledge, and the risks and benefits of interview props. Dr. Poole has worked with policy groups in Michigan and Maine to craft interview protocols and is on the editorial boards of the journals Lawand Human Behavior and Psychology, PublicPolicy,and Law.
 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 3

Chapter 1 The Science of Interviewing Children 7

Chapter 2 The Forensic Perspective 29

Chapter 3 Conversational Habits 49

Chapter 4 Conventional Content: Early Interview Phases 79

Chapter 5 Conventional Content: Case Issues Phases 109

Chapter 6 Case-Specific Decisions and Exploration 141

Chapter 7 Protocols and Interviewer Training 169

References 191

Index 219

About the Author 233

What People are Saying About This

Deborah A. Connolly

This is a must read for scientists, practitioners, and other professionals interested in child forensic interviewing. Dickinson and Poole have managed to distill decades of complex scientific research on talking to children into comprehensible prose without losing the rigor of scientific inquiry.

Thomas Lyan

Debra Poole and Jason Dickinson’s new edition of Interviewing Children is both practical and scientific. They do an admirable job of summarizing the burgeoning research on what makes children’s reports more productive and more accurate, which they then translate into clear guidance for practitioners. Anyone who works with children, either as an interviewer or as a researcher, will find this book invaluable.

Michael E. Lamb

In their new book, Interviewing Children: The Science of Conversation in Forensic Contexts, Deb Poole and Jason Dickinson provide a thoughtfully and thoroughly resourced, highly readable, and, above all, admirably practical guide for forensic interviewers striving to conduct evidence-informed interviews of children and adolescents in the legal system. Richly reflective of the authors’ expertise and mastery, the book should be read closely by every professional in the field.

Michael E Lamb

In their new book, Interviewing Children: The Science of Conversation in Forensic Contexts, Deb Poole and Jason Dickinson provide a thoughtfully and thoroughly resourced, highly readable, and, above all, admirably practical guide for forensic interviewers striving to conduct evidence-informed interviews of children and adolescents in the legal system. Richly reflective of the authors’ expertise and mastery, the book should be read closely by every professional in the field.

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