Expressions of shame in investigative interviews with Australian Aboriginal children

Hamilton, Gemma; Brubacher, Sonja P.; Powell, Martine B.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.11.004

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“…Feelings of shame and guilt, and self-blame cognitions are common barriers to youth disclosing sexual abuse (Lemaigre et al, 2017). One study found that during investigative interviews about childhood sexual abuse, youth with greater verbal shame responses needed more prompting from the interviewer before making a disclosure (Hamilton et al, 2016). There is more evidence of shame as a barrier to disclosure for sexual abuse than there is for physical abuse, emotional maltreatment or neglect.…”

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Informant Discrepancies in Child Maltreatment Reporting: A Systematic Review

Cooley

Jackson

2020

Child Maltreat

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Potential informants on child maltreatment include the youth who has experienced the alleged maltreatment, and the youth’s caregivers, social workers and case files. When multiple informants are compared, they often disagree about whether or not a youth has experienced maltreatment. Such determinations are critical as endorsement—or lack of endorsement—of maltreatment can have significant consequences on the child’s safety, future living arrangements and referral for treatment and services. The current study provides a systematic review of the literature on informant discrepancies in child maltreatment. Three databases—PsychINFO, Web of Science, and PubMed—were used to identify studies for the review and 13 articles met inclusion criteria. Results showed that more youth tend to report physical, sexual and emotional abuse than seen in case files. By contrast, more case files include neglect than reported by youth. Implications and future directions are discussed.

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Informant Discrepancies in Child Maltreatment Reporting: A Systematic Review

Cooley

Jackson

2020

Child Maltreat

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“…Further, as sexual abuse is often traumatic and perpetrated by a trusted adult, the process of recounting these offences to strangers can be emotionally gruelling. Child witnesses report feelings of intense shame and embarrassment, and a host of other distressing emotions (Bonanno et al, 2002;Hamilton, Brubacher, & Powell, 2016;Hershkowitz, Lanes, & Lamb, 2007). Given that cases of child sexual abuse suffer the lowest prosecution rates of all indictable offences (Daly & Bouhours, 2010), the focus of research in the area of child sexual abuse interviewing has been on identifying ways to maximise the amount of forensically-relevant detail needed to assist decision-makers, while minimising the secondary victim trauma arising from the investigation and trial process (Hoyano & Keenan, 2007).…”

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Professionals’ Perspectives about the Challenges of Using Interpreters in Child Sexual Abuse Interviews

Powell

Manger

Dion

et al. 2016

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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Interpreters play a crucial role in many investigative interviews with child complainants of sexual abuse; however, little has been written about the interpreting process from the perspective of the interviewers. This study elicited interviewers' perspectives about the challenges of using interpreters, with the aim of understanding how investigative interviews could be improved. The participants consisted of 21 investigative interviewers and prosecutors of child abuse cases (from a range of jurisdictions) who use interpreters on a regular basis. Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with the professionals about the interpreting process revealed two main challenges particular to child abuse interviews, namely the interpreters' lack of preparedness to deal with the traumatic and sensitive nature of children's abuse histories, and an insufficient understanding of 'best-practice' child interview process. The recommendations focus on the need for more specialised training for, and screening of, interpreters, and more extensive use of pre-conferencing to familiarise children with the interpreter-mediated interview process.

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“…Katz et al (2012) later reported that deniers displayed more nonverbal indicators of both stress and physical disengagement as well as fewer nonverbal indicators of positive emotions. Similarly, Hamilton, Brubacher, and Powell (2016) reported that children who expressed shame required more prompts before they disclosed abuse than children who did not express shame.…”

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Support, reluctance, and production in child abuse investigative interviews.

Blasbalg¹,

Hershkowitz²,

Karni-Visel³

2018

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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Child abuse victims are required to participate in stressful forensic investigations, but often fail to fully report details about their victimization. Especially in intra-familial abuse cases, children's emotional states presumably involve reluctance to report abuse. The current study examined the effects of interviewers' support on children's reluctance and production of information when interviewed. The sample comprised 200 interviews of 6-to 14-year-old suspected victims of physical abuse perpetrated by a family member. Interviews followed the NICHD (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Revised Protocol (RP), which emphasizes supportive practices. All the cases were corroborated by external evidence, suggesting that the reports of abuse made by the children were valid. Coders identified instances of interviewer support and questioning, as well as indications of reluctance and the production of forensic details by the children. Expressions of reluctance predicted that information was less likely to be provided in that utterance whereas expressions of support predicted less reluctance and increased informativeness in the following child utterance. Mediation analyses revealed that decreased reluctance partially mediated the effects of support on increased informativeness. The data indicates that support can effectively address children's reluctance, resulting in increased informativeness thus confirming expert recommendations that supportive interviews should be considered best-practice. The findings also shed light on the underlying mechanism of support, suggesting both direct and indirect effects on children's informativeness.

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Expressions of shame in investigative interviews with Australian Aboriginal children

Cited by 19 publications

References 31 publications

Informant Discrepancies in Child Maltreatment Reporting: A Systematic Review

Informant Discrepancies in Child Maltreatment Reporting: A Systematic Review

Professionals’ Perspectives about the Challenges of Using Interpreters in Child Sexual Abuse Interviews

Support, reluctance, and production in child abuse investigative interviews.

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