Improving the competency of police officers in conducting investigative interviews of children

目前的研究计划旨在确定促进和维持称职的警察采访儿童的因素。虽然已经制定了调查采访的“最佳做法”指导方针，但这些指导方针在实践中并没有得到警务人员的充分利用。因此，需要进行研究，以确定实施这些“最佳做法”指南的障碍，并测试旨在改善其吸收的干预措施。这个项目的预期成果是制定干预措施，提高警察调查采访培训的质量。这将提高从儿童，特别是那些受虐待儿童的受害者那里获得的证据的质量。

The current research program aims to identify factors that promote and sustain competent police interviewing of children. Although 'best-practice' guidelines in investigative interviewing have been developed, these guidelines are under-utilised by police officers in practice. Research is therefore needed to identify barriers to the implementation of these 'best-practice' guidelines and to test interventions designed to improve their uptake. The expected outcome of this project is the development of interventions that will improve the quality of police training in investigative interviewing. This will increase the quality of evidence obtained from children, especially those who are victims of child abuse.