Res Ipsa wrote: I consider interviewing children about child abuse a specialty that I have no training in. If I suspected that one of my children had been abused, I would take them to a trained professional with experience in that area. (Preferably, one who had been recognized by courts as an expert able to testify in such matters.)
Is there a link to a transcript I can read of the interview of the child?
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951
CATEGORY 2: Misleading and Steering the Child in the Interview In Exhibit 08 A, Document 1, Page 5, Lines 199 – 210: At the top of page 4, Schoney cuts K...... off during her description of what she felt. Here on Page 5, and upon having K..... get into the detail of what happened, Schoney steers K...... to concentrate on her thighs. Her questions were “what happened on your thighs? Schoney asks, How far up your thigh would he go? On the video, when K......states …here…and here… she is tapping on her crotch—not her thigh. And, even after the shy demonstration by this 12-year old child, Schoney’s follow-up question was, “Did he touch you anywhere else on your thigh?” The obvious answer to this is no, because K...... just stated (in lines 204 and 206) …he would talk to me about something and he would move his hand in and up…and then back and then all over: which answer covers all of the thigh.
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"It's a little like the Confederate Constitution guaranteeing the freedom to own slaves. Irony doesn't exist for bigots or fanatics." Maksutov
Okay, it's late and I might want to read this again tomorrow just to be rock solid sure, but I'll comment anyway.
I don't recall at the moment who the interviewer is in this transcript. The questioning techniques are appropriate and sound. There is no leading of the child in terms of convergent questions. That is to say, the questions are not intended to produce specific answers intended to converge toward a specific end goal. The interviewer established that the child understands the difference between what is important and what is unimportant. The interviewer asks open ended questions, "Tell me about"---open ended questions are absolutely critical in interviewing a child under these circumstances. The interviewer uses the child's terminology for body parts.
The only criticism I would make regarding the interviewer is that I didn't see where she established that the child knows the difference between fantasy/imaginary and reality. I might have missed it.
Two places that I think indicate that others might have influenced the child are 1) use of the word "pervert" and 2) that the adult in question shouldn't be a GA. The word "pervert" was accounted for. The second, is likely/possibly an adult comment made in the presence of the child.
Other than that, I think that the interview is solid. It was at least video taped, with the audio transcribed from either the video tape or with an audio recorder as a back up record. I'll read it over again tomorrow to see if my response changes on second read.
In my opinion, this transcript should have never seen the light of day or have been made accessible on the Internet.
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Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
I know that. My indication is just above your post. All you had to do was read the next post or two. Would you mind refraining from posting portions of the transcript? It's inappropriate that the transcript of the interview is accessible online to start with. You don't need to be making back up copies of it on this thread for posterity. Please exercise some discretion, this is a minor child's confidentiality you're putting on a message board.
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Mary wrote:Jersey Girl. The child is now married and has given her father full permission. Take it up with the father and the daughter. They want this out there.
There was no reason for you to publish a portion of that transcript. All you had to do was read a couple of posts and you would have seen that I confirmed it was video taped. I don't give a damn what the father wants. It's not appropriate for you to repost excerpts of a minor child's private words and it wasn't necessary to start with. If you hadn't read my confirmation about the video tape, all you had to do was say "Yes, it was video taped" like I did.
Look at my eval of the transcript. Do you see any quotes? Any names?
No, you don't.
When I confirmed that it was video taped did I plaster an excerpt to prove it?
No, I didn't.
You didn't need to do that either.
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Jersey Girl. The daughter has given her permission. Take it up with her and stop being an a**. If you read back on this long thread you would know that.
I disagree with you on this. .
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"It's a little like the Confederate Constitution guaranteeing the freedom to own slaves. Irony doesn't exist for bigots or fanatics." Maksutov