I had an investigator
show up at my office to introduce himself to me. I asked him what his specialty was and he
said that he takes on all types of cases and he is involved in many sexual
assault of children cases. He said that
he works for an attorney who works many of these cases so he is a bit of a
specialist in this area. He said that he
isn’t afraid to catch the child (complainant/victim) between the school bus and
their home and straight up ask them if they are lying about the
accusation. I was horrified! How dare any investigator re-victimize the
child if that child is a true victim. Nobody
should be permitted to do an interview or question a child in this manner. If the child is a minor, the parent needs to
give permission for the interview. It
is important that only investigators who have training regarding interviewing
children should be allowed.
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