y on Peters. In J. Doris (Ed.), The suggestibility of children's recollections (pp. 77- 82). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. Saywitz, K. J., Goodman, G. S., Nicholas, E., & Moan, S. (1991). Children's memories of physical examinations involving genital touch: Implications for repo

. Goodman (Poole and White, 1991), age (Goodman and Reed, 1986), and suggestive questioning (Leichtman and Ceci, 1995; see Ceci and Bruck, 1993 and Saywitz and Goodman. 1995, for reviews). In these experimental studies, the typical procedure is that a child is exposed to a controlled event, often a pla

at individuals may be more reluctant to disclose a rectal than a genital exam because of societal and socioemotional factors (e.g., embarrassment; Saywitz, Goodman, Nichols, & Moan, 1991). For abuse-related events that did not occur, no par- ticipant falsely reported that either the doctor or nurse c

ts on children of testifying in court. In K. Oates (Ed.), Understanding and managing child sexual abuse (pp. 293-311). W. B. Sanders Publishing Co. Saywitz, K. J., Goodman, G. S., & Myers, J. (1990). Can children provide accurate eyewitness reports? in J. Conte (Ed.), Violence Update. Newbury Park, CA:

inst guessing is recommended, especially with children or mentally challenged persons who may have difficulty taking on the perspectives of others (Saywitz, Geiselman, & Bornstein, 1992). Review Reviewing the information already notated allows the interviewer to check on its accuracy. It also provides

intermittently. This section will not include a detailed discussion of the latest research and specific techniques for interviewing children. (See Saywitz, Goodman, & Lyon, 2002). Only the law-enforcement perspective of child-victim interviewing and some general guidelines will be discussed here. Law