FORENSIC INTERVIEWING - Michigan
FORENSIC INTERVIEWINGOFCHILDRENPresented By:PAM MAAS, CHIEF ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR, LIVINGSTON COUNTYJULIE KNOP, DIRECTORCHILD ABUSE TRAINING SERVICESProsecuting Attorneys Association of MI
This training is required by MI law.It is designed to be interactive.It also helps CAC’s receivefunding and allows you to beable to interview at a CAC.
Where does it say I HAVE to use theprotocol?I’m glad you asked!Page 23 of MCL 722.628 within the CPL states:In each county, the prosecuting attorney and the departmentshall develop and establish procedures for involving lawenforcement officials as provided in this section. In each county,the prosecuting attorney and the department shall adopt andimplement standard child abuse and neglect investigation andinterview protocols using as a model the protocols developedby the GTF on children’s justice as published in DHHSPublication 779 (04/11), or an updated version.
How many of you are familiar with your county’sprotocol?
The MDT
History Michigan’s FI protocol was developed in 1996 by child abuse professionals who workin the field of development, interviewing and linguistics. Michigan’s protocol is research and evidence based and is updated every 5 years tostay current and user friendly Dr. Deb Poole is the author and is a world known expert in the field of child linguisticsand development
How did we get the protocol?In 1992 the Governor’s Task Force on Children’s Justice was createdpursuant to federal legislation to respond to the tremendous challengesinvolved in the handling of child abuse particularly child sexual abuse casesin Michigan.In 1993 the Task Force published FIA publication 794, A Model ChildAbuse Protocol – Coordinated Investigative Team Approach.In 1996, the DHS initiated the development of a forensic interviewingprotocol by establishing a committee within DHS and enlisting 9 countyDHS offices to participate as pilot counties in testing the protocol.
1996-1998, DHS and the GTF worked with Dr. Debra Poole in developing andimplementing a protocol that would improve the interviewing techniques of allprofessionals involved in the investigation of child abuse in MI.In 1998, the CPL was amended to require each county to implement a standardchild abuse and neglect investigation and interview protocol using as a model theprotocols developed by the GTF.In 2003, a team convened to review and update the current protocol. The FIprotocol revision committee edited sections for clarity, improved the examples andadded Quick Guides.In 2009 the committee again met to improve the quality of the protocol usingcurrent research and suggestions received by professionals that use the protocol ona regular basis.In 2017 the protocol was again updated to keep up with science and research.
Goal of a Forensic InterviewTo provide more structure to make iteasier for interviewers to do a good joband to help them avoid mistakes.
Places the protocol is used
What does research show?Children err in reporting events not because their memories are so bad, butbecause their memories are so good. They readily absorb general knowledge bothwithin interview settings and outside interview settings. Remembering andmonitoring the source of information, however, is largely irrelevant to the task ofdeveloping during the early years of life.
In 1996, the DHS initiated the development of a forensic interviewing protocol by establishing a committee within DHS and enlisting 9 county DHS offices to participate as pilot counties in testing the protocol. 1996-1998, DHS and the GTF worked with Dr. Debra Poole in developing and
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