Investigation of child abuse is often hampered by doubts about the reliability of children as only sources of information. Over the last decade, consensus has been reached about children's limitations and competencies. New for the Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law, Tell Me What Happened summarizes key research on children's memory, communicative skills and social tendencies, describes how it can be incorporated into a specific structured interview technique and reviews evidence involving more than 40,000 alleged victims.

Author Biography

Michael Lamb (Cambridge, UK) is Professor of Psychology in the Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK, and has published widely in this area. Yael Orbach (Bethesda, MD) is a psychologist with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Irit Hershkowitz (Haifa, Israel) is Lecturer in the School of Social Work at the University of Haifa, Israel. Phillip Esplin (Phoenix, AZ) is a psychologist in private practice. Together, they have pioneered research on structured interview protocols. Michael Lamb is the recipient of the 2014 G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology and the 2013 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology and Law.