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- Edvardsson, Bo, 1944-
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A critical examination of investigative methods in fifteen cases of alleged child sexual abuse in Sweden
- 1997
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose is to examine investigative work in cases of sexual abuse in Sweden. A systematic search for common problem areas in the investigative process was made in 15 cases with extensive documentation. In at least two thirds of the cases four problem themes were found to be important: I. Investigation strategy and generation of data, II. Documentation of data, III. Analysis work, IV. Ethics. The main conclusion is that there are serious defects in the investigative methods in all cases reviewec. The investigative methods are biased and incompatible with the objectivity principle stated in Swedish laws. There is a need for critical and scientific thinking in investigative work.
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- Edvardsson, Bo, 1944-, et al.
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Immediate free recall of brief conversations in investigative work
- 1998
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Ingår i: En mycket förkortad version återfinns i konferensvolymen från 8th European Conference on Psychology and Law, 1998. Här presenteras fulltextversionen..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Immediate free recall of brief realistic conversations was studied. Three audio-recorded conversations between two persons consisting of 10-14 statemens were conducted as they would have been in a social investigation. Each conversation was presented to a different group of social work students (n = 21, 63 and 47, i.e. 131 subjects), who were asked to write down the dialogue verbatim immediately after listening. The content was coded in a number of content themes. One of the results was that the subjects had forgotten half or more of the themes. The core theme was most frequently recalled. Forgotten content may have been perceived as less important. A trimodal order effect was observed: most content was lost near the betinning, in the middle and near the end of the conversations. A number of different memory errors were found. It is evident that errors in conversation recall can cause deficiencies in investigative work.
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