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

本研究旨在开发第一个全面的和受控的检查虐待儿童的口头语言概况，以及这些如何影响性能的调查性访谈范例。这种检查是必不可少的发展战略，以改善从虐待儿童证人的证据。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率和定罪率，这将对潜在的罪犯产生威慑作用。最后，这项研究将减少证人参与法律的过程中的压力，并提供更好的筛选需要专门的语言干预的儿童。

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.