HD FS 258 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Multiple Choice, Mount Nittany, Body Language
1 Feb 2017
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Children"s advocacy center of centre county; bellefonte, pa. Intervention: cps, law enforcement, medical provider, mental health provider, victim services, district attorney"s office. To obtain a statement from a child, in a developmentally and culturally sensitive and fact-finding manner. To support the accurate and fair decision by the involved mdit in the criminal justice system and child protective systems. Reduce trauma for child and non-offending caregiver; involves only interviewing the child one time, if possible. )ncrease child"s credibility; defense attorney will rip the story apart if the story changes from the child; another reason as to why they want the child to be interviewed minimally. Setting for child forensic interview; sometimes the home may not be the most comfortable place because the abuse could"ve occurred there. Forensic interviews are: deliver the recount of abuse. Child centered not an interrogation; let the child go if they are unwilling to.
