Cantlon J, Payne G, Erbaugh C
C.A.R.E.S. Program, St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, Department of Health & Welfare, Boise State University, ID 83712, USA.
Child Abuse Negl. 1996 Nov;20(11):1113-20. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(96)00100-7.
The way in which children are interviewed can make the difference between prosecution, or continued abuse. There is a clear need for the development of an interview style that is acceptable in the legal system without compromising disclosure rate. This study was conducted to compare the disclosure rate of alleged child sexual abuse victims interviewed in a formal forensic setting with a structured "allegation informed" technique versus a structured "allegation blind" technique. The only difference between techniques was that the interviewer did not know the allegation for condition "allegation blind." Of the 1,535 interviews, 1,330 or 86.64% were conducted "allegation blind," 196 or 12.76% were conducted "allegation informed" and for 9 or .6% the interview type was unknown. The "allegation blind" interview technique yielded a statistically higher disclosure rate (chi 2 p = 0.378). Further research is warranted.
对儿童进行询问的方式可能决定是否提起诉讼，或者虐待行为是否会继续。显然需要开发一种在法律系统中可接受的询问方式，同时又不影响揭发率。本研究旨在比较在正式法医环境中，采用结构化的“告知指控”技术与结构化的“不告知指控”技术对涉嫌儿童性虐待受害者进行询问时的揭发率。两种技术之间的唯一区别在于，对于“不告知指控”的情况，询问者不知道指控内容。在1535次询问中，1330次（86.64%）采用“不告知指控”方式进行，196次（12.76%）采用“告知指控”方式进行，9次（0.6%）询问类型未知。“不告知指控”询问技术在统计学上产生了更高的揭发率（卡方检验p = 0.378）。有必要进行进一步的研究。
