@article{ref1,
title="Police interviews with adult reporters of historical child sexual abuse: exploring the link between verbal rapport and information obtained",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2022",
author="Chenier, Kate and Shawyer, Andrea and Milne, Rebecca and Williams, Andy",
volume="134",
number="",
pages="e105943-e105943",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Police officers and academics agree that rapport is important when interviewing victims and witnesses, although previous research has found that officers do not always engage in rapport-building behaviours during interviews. Interviews with complainants reporting historical child sexual abuse may be key to police investigations, as physical or corroborating evidence is often not available. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: This research explored the possible effect of verbal rapport-building behaviour on the elicitation of investigation-relevant details in historical child sexual abuse victim interviews. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: A sample of interviews (N = 44) with adults reporting historical child sexual abuse in a northern Canadian territory with a large Indigenous population was examined. <br><br>METHODS: Interviews were evaluated for interviewer verbal rapport-building behaviours, using a framework derived from Tickle-Degnen and Rosenthal's three domain model of rapport. Interviews were also coded for details given by the interviewee. <br><br>RESULTS: Results showed that verbal rapport was significantly positively correlated with both total details (r = 0.621, p < .001) and abuse relevant details (r = 0.518, p < .001). Chronological Rapport Maps were piloted, to show the use of rapport behaviours over the course of interviews, and the possible effect over time of these behaviours on information yield. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The results show that information yield is higher when more rapport behaviours are demonstrated and both parties work together harmoniously, even after a long delay. Further research is needed on the experience of police interviews for Indigenous complainants.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105943",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105943"
}