title: Developing the interview protocol for video-recorded child sexual abuse investigations: a training experience with police officers, social workers, and clinical psychologists in Hong Kong.
abstract: A series of training programs which focused on culturally relevant questioning skills and video-recorded interviews in child sexual abuse cases were designed for social workers, police officers, and clinical psychologists in Hong Kong. An interview protocol was developed with four stages: rapport building, free narrative of account, questioning, and closure. The content analysis of 74 role-played interviews of video-recorded investigation revealed 119 questions and statements that were rated by these professionals and their instructor as helpful techniques in interviewing children suspected of having been sexually abused. Although each professional interviewed child victims with a unique style, they all found that maintaining a balanced perspective to play their roles in protecting the child, assessing the child, and collecting evidence was the most important aspect in an investigative process.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Social Work, University of Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Cheung
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D016495:Police / Q000193:education*; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D014743:Videotape Recording; D000078329:Workforce