PBS Frontline (1997). Summary of the Little Rascal Daycare Case.
Resources
Child Welfare Law and Practice, Chapter 5: Investigative Interviewing of the Child
Lyon, Thomas D. (in press). Investigative interviewing of the child. In D.N.Duquette & A.M. Haralambie (Eds.) Child Welfare Law and Practice (2d Ed.).Denver, CO: Bradford.
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Structured forensic interview protocols improve the quality and informativeness of investigative interviews with children: A review of research using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol
Lamb, M., Orbach, Y., Hershkowitz , Esplin,P ., Horowitz, I. (2007 ). A structured interview protocol improves the quality and informativeness of investigative interviews with children: A review of research using the NICHD investigative interview protocol. Child Abuse and Neglect. 31, 1201 1231.
Suggestibility of the Child Witness: A Historical Review and Synthesis
Ceci , S., Bruck, M. (1993). The suggestibility of the child witness: a historical review and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin. 113, 403 439.
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Can Children Be Useful Witnesses? It Depends How They Are Questioned
Brown, D., Lamb, M. (2015 ). Can children be useful witnesses? It depends how they are questioned. Child Development Perspectives.
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American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) Practice Guidelines: Forensic Interviewing in Cases of Suspected Child Abuse
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. (2012). Practice guidelines: Forensic interviewing in cases of suspected child abuse. APSAC.
Webinar: Best Practice Interviewing of Children in Sexual Abuse Cases
Presenter: John Helminski. Offered by IDS, on June 25, 2020. Materials are available.
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Approved ULTR for the Forensic Firearms/Toolmarks Discipline – Pattern Match
Effective Aug. 15, 2020 In the firearm/toolmark pattern match Uniform Language for Testimony and Reports (ULTR), the new guidance for Department of Justice firearm examiners includes: [A]n examiner shall not: assert that a ‘source identification’ or a ‘source exclusion’ conclusion is based on the ‘uniqueness’ of an item of evidence. use the terms ‘individualize’ or …
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Approved ULTR for the Forensic Latent Print Discipline
Effective Aug. 15, 2020 In the fingerprint Uniform Language for Testimony and Reports (ULTR), the new guidance for Department of Justice fingerprint examiners includes: [A]n examiner shall not: assert that a ‘source identification’ or a ‘source exclusion’ conclusion is based on the ‘uniqueness’ of an item of evidence. use the terms ‘individualize’ or ‘individualization’ when …
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State v. Gore, 846 S.E.2d 295 (2020)
Defendant’s CSLI was searched pursuant to a court order, instead of a warrant. However, the court held that the order met the warrant requirements. Thus, there was no error and the defendant was not entitled to suppression of CSLI on Fourth Amendment grounds.
State v. Cobb, 845 S.E.2d 870 (2020)
The court held that it was error to admit results of field tests, for the drugs only; but it was not prejudicial.