Title: Evaluating children suspected of having been sexually abused
First published: 1996
Description: "A comprehensive guide to the literature and a tool for active learning, this compact volume provides a critical review of research, practice writings, and opinions about how to interview children who may have been sexually abused.

The author presents a focused compilation of information about integral issues, such as models for assessment, interviewer objectivity, number of child interviews, documentation, the use of standardized tests, questioning techniques, media for assessing children, children's memory and suggestibility, criteria for decision making, and much more.

For mental health professionals as well as for a broad spectrum of service professionals involved in child interviewing and assessment, Evaluating Children Suspected of Having Been Sexually Abused provides a thorough introduction to critical issues and the literature in a unique home study module for earning continuing education credits."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Child sexual abuse, Investigation, Interviewing in child abuse, Sexual Child Abuse, Diagnosis, Psychological Interview, Child, Infant
LC classification: HV8079.C48 F35 1996