This study compared two versions of the NICHD Protocol for interviewing young suspected sexual offenders: the Revised Suspect Protocol (RSP) and the Standard Suspect Protocol (SSP). The RSP incorporated relevant evidence-based practices informed by research on the value of (a) effectively explaining the suspects’ rights, (b) rapport building and support, and (c) appropriate questioning strategies. Interviewers using the RSP communicated the children’s rights more effectively (reading them more often, checking, verifying, and correcting understanding) and provided more support. In the substantive phase, they remained supportive while recall prompts dominated the questioning. Compared to children in the SSP group, children in the RSP condition understood their rights better, were more responsive during rapport-building, and reacted to interviewer support in the substantive phase with increased responsiveness, which in turn, predicted reduced reluctance, increased emotional expression, and greater informativeness. They were also more likely to make full rather than partial confessions than children in the SSP group. Full confessions were positively predicted by the appropriate communication of legal rights, interviewer support, and reliance on open-ended prompts, thereby confirming the superiority of the RSP relative to the SSP.

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就儿童对儿童的性虐待问题采访年轻罪犯

本研究比较了 NICHD 约谈年轻疑似性犯罪者协议的两个版本：修订嫌疑人协议 (RSP) 和标准嫌疑人协议 (SSP)。 RSP 纳入了相关基于证据的做法，这些做法是通过研究得出的，这些做法的价值在于 (a) 有效解释嫌疑人的权利，(b) 建立融洽关系并提供支持，以及 (c) 适当的提问策略。使用 RSP 的访谈员可以更有效地传达儿童的权利（更频繁地阅读、检查、验证和纠正理解）并提供更多支持。在实质性阶段，他们仍然支持，而回忆提示则主导了提问。与 SSP 组的儿童相比，RSP 组的儿童更了解自己的权利，在建立融洽关系期间反应更灵敏，并且在实质性阶段对访谈员支持的反应性更高，这反过来又预示着不情愿的减少，情绪表达的增加，以及更多的信息量。与 SSP 组的孩子相比，他们也更有可能做出全面坦白，而不是部分坦白。通过适当的法律权利沟通、访谈员的支持以及对开放式提示的依赖，可以积极预测完全认罪，从而证实了 RSP 相对于 SSP 的优越性。