Understanding the relationship between child maltreatment and language competence: An evidential interviewing perspective.

本研究的目的是在调查访谈范式中，对受虐待儿童的口头语言概况及其如何影响表现进行第一次全面和控制的检查。这种审查对于制定改进从虐待儿童证人处获取证据的战略至关重要。通过改善儿童证人的证据，这项研究将提高虐待儿童罪行的起诉和定罪率，这将对潜在的罪犯产生威慑作用。最后，本研究将减少参与法律程序的证人的压力，并为需要专门语言干预的儿童提供更好的筛选。

This research aims to develop the first comprehensive and controlled examination of the oral language profiles of maltreated children and how these impact performance in an investigative interview paradigm. This examination is essential for developing strategies for improving the elicitation of evidence from child abuse witnesses. By improving child witness evidence, this research will improve the prosecution and conviction rates of child abuse offences, which will have a deterrent effect on potential offenders. Finally, this research will reduce the stress of witnesses involved in the legal process and provide better screening of children in need of specialised language intervention.