Abstract

GUTIERREZ DE PINERES BOTERO, Carolina. Analysis of the practices in forensic interviews during the investigation phase of allegations of sexual offences against children and adolescents. Psicogente [online]. 2017, vol.20, n.37, pp.119-135. ISSN 0124-0137.  https://doi.org/10.17081/psico.20.37.2422.

In this study, a categorical content analysis was performed to 81 interviews conducted by the Ju dicial Police during the investigation phase in sexual crimes allegations where the alleged victims were children and adolescents. The use of protocols, the profession of persons responsible for conducting the interviews, styles to start the interviews, the strategies to build rapport, the strate gies to assess the skills of those interviewed as witnesses and the strategies to assess suggestibility were analyzed in the study. In general, it was found that during the interviews, the practices do not meet the suggested procedures stablished in the guidelines and protocols; therefore, mistakes -that are supposed to be rectified with these guidelines and protocols- are made.

Keywords : Forensic interviews; Sexual offences; Child testimony.

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