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DEALING WITH DENIAL IN INTERVIEWING PERSONS SUSPECTED OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

 


Presenter: Donna Pence

Abstract Category: Investigations 

Instruction Level: Intermediate

Presentation: Not Provided

 

Description:

This workshop will discuss the types of denial used by child sex offenders nd strategies for addressing and overcoming this denial.

 

Abstract: 

This workshop will cover the different types of denial encountered by investigators interviewing men and women suspected of engaging in sexual behaviors with children. It will include specific strategies for responding to such denial and enhancing the possibility of obtaining admissions and confessions from those guilty of such behaviors. Actual case vignettes will be used to illustrate the use of such techniques.