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Anatomical Doll Interviews as a Tool in the Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse *
Author(s) -
GEDDIE LANE,
DAWSON BRENDA,
SUTHERLAND BRADFORD L.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-9930
pISSN - 0265-8240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1992.tb00083.x
Subject(s) - normative , sexual abuse , psychology , child sexual abuse , headway , child abuse , developmental psychology , protocol (science) , sexual behavior , clinical psychology , medicine , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medical emergency , engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , political science , law , simulation
This review examined research on anatomical doll interviews with children. Both children suspected or confirmed to have been sexually abused, and nonabused children have been studied. A standardized interview protocol and more normative data continue to be needed, although some headway has been made in determining both common and uncommon behaviors of children with the dolls. Inferences regarding children's behaviors with the dolls must be made very cautiously, given limited research in this area.