Interviewing Children

This is a must-read for scientists, practitioners, and other professionals interested in child forensic interviewing. Dickinson and Poole have managed to distill decades of complex scientific research on talking to children into comprehensible prose without losing the rigor of scientific inquiry. -- Deborah A. Connolly, Ph.D., LL.B., University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Professor, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University In their new book, Interviewing Children: The Science of Conversation in Forensic Contexts, Deb Poole and Jason Dickinson provide a thoughtfully and thoroughly resourced, highly readable, and, above all, admirably practical guide for forensic interviewers striving to conduct evidence-informed interviews of children and adolescents in the legal system. Richly reflective of the authors’ expertise and mastery, the book should be read closely by every professional in the field. -- Michael E Lamb, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom; editor of Psychology, Public Policy & Law; editor-in-chief of Applied Cognitive Psychology Debra Poole and Jason Dickinson’s new edition of Interviewing Children is both practical and scientific. They do an admirable job of summarizing the burgeoning research on what makes children’s reports more productive and more accurate, which they then translate into clear guidance for practitioners. Anyone who works with children, either as an interviewer or as a researcher, will find this book invaluable. -- Thomas Lyon, Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Chair in Law and Psychology, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, CA; JD, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA; PhD, Stanford (Psychology), Stanford, CA, United States This book is a must-read for anyone who works with children. It offers an up-to-date overview of the science on child witness interviewing with a down-to-earth delivery style that will help professionals translate knowledge into practice. -- Martine Powell, Founding Director, Centre for Investigative Interviewing