背景:在对儿童的法医采访中,有关建立融洽关系的现有文献主要集中在警察或社会工作者上(Collins等人。,2002年);俯瞰律师与子女的关系。
目的:本研究是对刑事诉讼过程中律师与儿童证人之间建立融洽关系的新探索。
方法:共有67名加拿大律师(Mage=41.69,SD=11.19;51%的女性身份)具有询问儿童证人的经验(即,18岁以下)在他们的关系建筑上与儿童证人进行了调查。
方法:使用自我报告调查来评估律师如何概念化并与儿童证人建立融洽关系。
结果:发现律师在与儿童证人合作时将融洽关系视为重要元素;但是,律师们自我报告的融洽建筑技术忽视了法医采访文献中确定的融洽建筑的几个重要元素。总的来说,律师的角色(即,起诉或辩护),但很少有性别,影响了他们自我报告的融洽关系的构建方法。起诉律师倾向于报告行为,这些行为与在与孩子建立融洽关系的阶段建立人际关系更为一致,例如创造一个让孩子感到安全和舒适的环境。
结论:这些发现提供了有关律师如何概念化和与儿童证人建立融洽关系的见解。总的来说,律师认为建立融洽的关系是与儿童证人的重要因素,但只有一些提到的技术被认为是与儿童建立融洽关系的最佳实践。
BACKGROUND: Existing literature on rapport building in forensic interviews with children has primarily focused on police or social workers (Collins et al., 2002); overlooking the lawyer-child relationship.
OBJECTIVE: The present study was a novel exploration of the rapport building process between
lawyers and child witnesses during the interview stage of a criminal proceeding.
METHODS: A total of 67 Canadian
lawyers (Mage = 41.69, SD = 11.19; 51 % female-identifying) with experience questioning child witnesses (i.e., under 18 years old) were surveyed on their rapport building with child witnesses.
METHODS: A self-report survey was used to assess how lawyers conceptualize and engage in rapport building with child witnesses.
RESULTS: Lawyers were found to perceive rapport building as an important element when working with child witnesses; however, the lawyers\' self-reported rapport building techniques overlooked several important elements of rapport building identified in forensic interviewing literature. Overall, the role of the lawyer (i.e., prosecution or defence), but rarely gender, influenced their self-reported rapport building methods. Prosecution
lawyers tended to report behaviors that were more aligned with creating an interpersonal connection during the rapport building phase with the child, such as creating an environment where the child feels safe and comfortable.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide insight into how lawyers conceptualize and engage in rapport building with child witnesses. Overall, the
lawyers perceived rapport building as an important element with child witnesses, but only some of the techniques mentioned are considered best practices to build rapport with children.