Using rapport building to improve information yield when interviewing adolescents: A systematic review and call for research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents frequently experience and witness violence and crime, yet very little research has been conducted to determine how best to question these witnesses to elicit complete and accurate disclosures.

Objective

This systematic review integrated scientific research on rapport building with child and adult witnesses with theory and research on adolescent development in order to identify rapport building techniques likely to be effective with suspected adolescent victims and witnesses.

Method

Four databases were searched to identify investigations of rapport building in forensic interviewing of adolescents.

Results

Despite decades of research of studies including child and adult participants, only one study since 1990 experimentally tested technique

SUBMITTER: Dianiska RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11891972 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature