Pub Date : 2013-09-01DOI: 10.1080/1936928X.2013.855155
Peter A Kindle
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Pub Date : 2013-05-01DOI: 10.1080/1936928X.2013.763672
Lindsay C. Malloy, Jonni L. Johnson, G. Goodman
Decades of research on children's eyewitness reports highlight a multitude of influences on the accuracy of children's memory. Given the significance of children's eyewitness testimony in criminal and social service investigations of maltreatment, as well as of other crimes, the task of eliciting accurate reports while still considering children's needs can be quite daunting for interviewers. Researchers stress the importance of taking into account children's abilities and limitations as well as external influences, including from the interview context. In this article, the authors review scientific research within the study of children's eyewitness memory and suggestibility, examining both cognitive and sociomotivational influences on children's reports. They also review studies of child forensic interview protocols and describe current best practices for interviewers who have the crucial task of questioning child witnesses.
{"title":"Children's Memory and Event Reports: The Current State of Knowledge and Best Practice","authors":"Lindsay C. Malloy, Jonni L. Johnson, G. Goodman","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2013.763672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2013.763672","url":null,"abstract":"Decades of research on children's eyewitness reports highlight a multitude of influences on the accuracy of children's memory. Given the significance of children's eyewitness testimony in criminal and social service investigations of maltreatment, as well as of other crimes, the task of eliciting accurate reports while still considering children's needs can be quite daunting for interviewers. Researchers stress the importance of taking into account children's abilities and limitations as well as external influences, including from the interview context. In this article, the authors review scientific research within the study of children's eyewitness memory and suggestibility, examining both cognitive and sociomotivational influences on children's reports. They also review studies of child forensic interview protocols and describe current best practices for interviewers who have the crucial task of questioning child witnesses.","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"3 1","pages":"106 - 132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2013.763672","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59937567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-05-01DOI: 10.1080/1936928X.2013.852962
Andi Grosvald Hamilton
{"title":"The Handbook on Questioning Children: A Linguistic Perspective by Anne Graffam Walker","authors":"Andi Grosvald Hamilton","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2013.852962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2013.852962","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"3 1","pages":"204 - 206"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2013.852962","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59937821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-05-01DOI: 10.1080/1936928X.2013.763504
Javonda Williams, Debra Nelson-Gardell, K. Faller, Linda Cordisco-Steele, A. Tishelman
This article reports the findings from an online survey of child maltreatment professionals about the appropriateness of extended assessments when maltreatment concerns cannot be resolved in a single interview. Respondents practiced in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 3 territories, and reported mean years of experience about 15 years. The overwhelming majority of respondents saw the need for extended assessments and endorsed a wide range of child and context characteristics appropriate for extended assessments, the most common being cases where children denied abuse despite persuasive evidence to the contrary, cases with multiple types of maltreatment, cases with preschool age children, and cases with children with disabilities. On average about a fourth of the children seen in their work would benefit from an extended assessment. More than one fourth of respondents actually conducted extended assessments. Respondents however identified barriers and drawbacks to extended assessments, including lack of funding, lack of training, and concerns about contaminating the child's account.
{"title":"Is There a Place for Extended Assessments For Evaluating Concerns about Child Sexual Abuse? Perceptions of 1,294 Child Maltreatment Professionals","authors":"Javonda Williams, Debra Nelson-Gardell, K. Faller, Linda Cordisco-Steele, A. Tishelman","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2013.763504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2013.763504","url":null,"abstract":"This article reports the findings from an online survey of child maltreatment professionals about the appropriateness of extended assessments when maltreatment concerns cannot be resolved in a single interview. Respondents practiced in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 3 territories, and reported mean years of experience about 15 years. The overwhelming majority of respondents saw the need for extended assessments and endorsed a wide range of child and context characteristics appropriate for extended assessments, the most common being cases where children denied abuse despite persuasive evidence to the contrary, cases with multiple types of maltreatment, cases with preschool age children, and cases with children with disabilities. On average about a fourth of the children seen in their work would benefit from an extended assessment. More than one fourth of respondents actually conducted extended assessments. Respondents however identified barriers and drawbacks to extended assessments, including lack of funding, lack of training, and concerns about contaminating the child's account.","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"3 1","pages":"105 - 88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2013.763504","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59937318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-05-01DOI: 10.1080/1936928X.2013.854124
Elizabeth C Ahern, Thomas D Lyon
This study examined the effects of rapport (emotional, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [NICHD]) and prompt type (what-next, cued-action, cued-emotion, what-think) on one hundred forty-two 4-9-year-old maltreated children's spontaneous and prompted emotional language. Children in the emotional-rapport condition narrated the last time they felt good and the last time they felt bad on the playground. Children in the NICHD-rapport condition narrated their last birthday party and what happened yesterday. Following rapport, all children were presented a series of story stems about positive and negative situations. Emotional-rapport minimally affected children's use of emotional language. Cued-emotion prompts were most productive in eliciting emotional language. Overall, there were few effects because of age. Children often produced less emotional language when describing negative events, particularly with respect to their spontaneous utterances, suggesting reluctance. These differences largely disappeared when children were asked additional questions, particularly cued-emotion questions. The results offer support for cued-emotion prompts as a means of increasing maltreated children's use of emotional language.
{"title":"Facilitating Maltreated Children's Use of Emotional Language.","authors":"Elizabeth C Ahern, Thomas D Lyon","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2013.854124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2013.854124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the effects of rapport (emotional, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [NICHD]) and prompt type (what-next, cued-action, cued-emotion, what-think) on one hundred forty-two 4-9-year-old maltreated children's spontaneous and prompted emotional language. Children in the emotional-rapport condition narrated the last time they felt good and the last time they felt bad on the playground. Children in the NICHD-rapport condition narrated their last birthday party and what happened yesterday. Following rapport, all children were presented a series of story stems about positive and negative situations. Emotional-rapport minimally affected children's use of emotional language. Cued-emotion prompts were most productive in eliciting emotional language. Overall, there were few effects because of age. Children often produced less emotional language when describing negative events, particularly with respect to their spontaneous utterances, suggesting reluctance. These differences largely disappeared when children were asked additional questions, particularly cued-emotion questions. The results offer support for cued-emotion prompts as a means of increasing maltreated children's use of emotional language.</p>","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"3 2","pages":"176-203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2013.854124","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32685596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-05-01DOI: 10.1080/1936928X.2013.837420
E. V. van Gijn, M. Lamb
One hundred four alleged sexual victims aged between 3 and 13 years described the modus operandi of their reported assailants. Younger children were more likely than older children to report repeated incidents of abuse by family members. Abuse tended to be more severe when there were multiple incidents. Older victims were more likely to report resisting the offenders' strategies, which involved either persuasion (i.e., offering rewards, verbally convincing or provoking the victim) or coercion (i.e., verbal or physical threats). Adult suspects were reportedly more likely than young suspects to use persuasion, but there were no age of suspect differences in the reported occurrence of coercion.
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Pub Date : 2013-05-01DOI: 10.1080/1936928X.2013.845638
F. Vandervort
Forensic social workers are frequently called upon to testify regarding the use of protective measures for children who must testify about child abuse. The basic legal requirements for the use of witness protections were established 20 years ago, but recent years have seen important developments in this body of law. This article reviews the legal requirements for the use of child witness protections, including those recent developments, and provides guidance to forensic social workers in engaging in this work.
{"title":"Protecting Child Witnesses on the Witness Stand: The Law and the Role of the Forensic Social Worker in Criminal Proceedings","authors":"F. Vandervort","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2013.845638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2013.845638","url":null,"abstract":"Forensic social workers are frequently called upon to testify regarding the use of protective measures for children who must testify about child abuse. The basic legal requirements for the use of witness protections were established 20 years ago, but recent years have seen important developments in this body of law. This article reviews the legal requirements for the use of child witness protections, including those recent developments, and provides guidance to forensic social workers in engaging in this work.","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"3 1","pages":"150 - 175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2013.845638","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59938118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.1080/1936928X.2013.837417
Kelli E Canada
Mental health courts (MHC) are expanding nationally but the evidence base involves substantial gaps in research. Although positive outcomes are associated with MHC participation, it is unclear as to what factors contribute to outcomes. The current study addresses gaps in research by exploring the experiences of MHC participants and associations between network factors and treatment adherence from consumers participating in two MHCs (N=80). A mixed-method design drawing from multiple data sources is utilized. Study results suggest network factors are significantly associated with treatment adherence and play an important role in recovery. Results have implications for social work practice and research.
{"title":"\"People, places, and things:\" Network factors matter in the experiences of mental health court participants.","authors":"Kelli E Canada","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2013.837417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2013.837417","url":null,"abstract":"Mental health courts (MHC) are expanding nationally but the evidence base involves substantial gaps in research. Although positive outcomes are associated with MHC participation, it is unclear as to what factors contribute to outcomes. The current study addresses gaps in research by exploring the experiences of MHC participants and associations between network factors and treatment adherence from consumers participating in two MHCs (N=80). A mixed-method design drawing from multiple data sources is utilized. Study results suggest network factors are significantly associated with treatment adherence and play an important role in recovery. Results have implications for social work practice and research.","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"3 3","pages":"208-243"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2013.837417","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32115683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.1080/1936928X.2013.837419
Anna Scheyett, Candice Morgan, Steven E. Lize, Scott K. Proescholdbell, T. Norwood, David Edwards
Research on rates of violent deaths in prison releasees exists, however little work has gone into examining their associated contexts and circumstances. Using North Carolina Department of Corrections and North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System data, the authors sought to understand the contexts surrounding the deaths of recently released inmates. Findings revealed that homicides (64% of deaths) were associated with violence as a result of argument and with criminal activity. Suicides (30%) were in response to risk of reincarceration, relationship problems, depression, and situational difficulties. Six percent of deaths were the result of legal intervention. Implications for social work practice and research are examined.
{"title":"Violent Death Among Recently Released Prison Inmates: Stories Behind the Numbers","authors":"Anna Scheyett, Candice Morgan, Steven E. Lize, Scott K. Proescholdbell, T. Norwood, David Edwards","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2013.837419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2013.837419","url":null,"abstract":"Research on rates of violent deaths in prison releasees exists, however little work has gone into examining their associated contexts and circumstances. Using North Carolina Department of Corrections and North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System data, the authors sought to understand the contexts surrounding the deaths of recently released inmates. Findings revealed that homicides (64% of deaths) were associated with violence as a result of argument and with criminal activity. Suicides (30%) were in response to risk of reincarceration, relationship problems, depression, and situational difficulties. Six percent of deaths were the result of legal intervention. Implications for social work practice and research are examined.","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"3 1","pages":"69 - 86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2013.837419","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59937811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.1080/1936928X.2013.837416
Christine M. Sarteschi, M. Vaughn
Mental health courts (MHCs) are problem-solving courts that attempt to redirect individuals with mental illness into treatment rather than incarceration (Wolff, 2003). The primary purpose of this article is to provide a narrative review of recent evidence on the empirical status of MHCs and suggest directions for future social work research. Such a review is critical given the existence of 300 MHCs in the United States (Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2011) with more in development. Four major questions guided our review: (a) How do they work? (b) Does a theoretical basis exist to explain how they work? (c) What is the nature of the evidence? and (d) What are the characteristics of the mentally ill who choose not to participate in MHC programs and of those who are negatively terminated? Though studies have shown reductions in assessed outcomes, a lack of methodologically strong evaluations significantly limits the strength of those results. There exists a need for additional, methodologically rigorous studies to better understand the effectiveness of MHCs.
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