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Katz, Carmit; Hershkowitz, Irit – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
Objective: The present study was designed to test the effects of repeated retrievals in the course of forensic investigations with children who are the alleged victims of sexual abuse. Method: Using the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development protocol, 56 children participated in a first free-recall interview that was followed by…
Descriptors: Interviews, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime
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Hershkowitz, Irit; Fisher, Sara; Lamb, Michael E.; Horowitz, Dvora – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objectives: The study was designed to explore whether the credibility of children's statements regarding their alleged experiences of child sexual abuse could be assessed in a more valid and reliable way when investigative interviews were conducted using the NICHD protocol rather than in an unstructured manner. Methods: Forty-two experienced…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Credibility, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse
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Hershkowitz, Irit; Lanes, Omer; Lamb, Michael E. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objective: The goal of the present study was to examine how children disclosed sexual abuse by alleged perpetrators who were not family members. Methodology: Thirty alleged victims of sexual abuse and their parents were interviewed. The children were interviewed using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol by six experienced youth…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Victims of Crime
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Hershkowitz, Irit; Orbach, Yael; Lamb, Michael E.; Sternberg, Kathleen J.; Horowitz, Dvora – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objectives: The present study was designed to explore structural differences between forensic interviews in which children made allegations and those in which children did not make allegations. Methodology: Fifty forensic interviews of 4- to 13-year-old suspected victims of abuse who did not disclose abuse during the interview were compared with…
Descriptors: Interviews, Victims of Crime, Child Abuse, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
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Hershkowitz, Irit; Horowitz, Dvora; Lamb, Michael E. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2005
Objective: To identify characteristics of suspected child abuse victims that are associated with disclosure and nondisclosure during formal investigations. Methodology: The database included all suspected cases of physical and sexual abuse investigated in the state of Israel between 1998 and 2002. All investigative interviews were conducted using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Investigations, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse