NCJ Number
142805
Journal
Law and Human Behavior Volume: 17 Issue: 3 Dated: (June 1993) Pages: 331-342
Date Published
1993
Length
12 pages
Annotation
In this study, two to four trained raters used the criteria-based content analysis (CBCA) procedure of the Statement Validity Analysis (SVA) to evaluate 23 videotapes of investigative interviews with confirmed child sexual abuse victims in Utah. In each case, the perpetrator had made a full confession to law enforcement or child protective services of all the sexual acts alleged by the victim.
Abstract
Interrater reliability of the ratings of the CBCA's criteria were divided into adequate, marginal, and inadequate reliability groups according to their Maxwell RE coefficient. In this study, endorsements of 17 of the 19 CBCA criteria and the total CBCA score were lower than reported in previous research of confirmed child sexual abuse victims. In addition, the chance-corrected reliabilities of the CBCA criteria varied from moderate to low, possibly due to ill-defined or subjective criteria. The mean intercorrelation of the items was low and only eight criteria had significant item-total correlations. The child's age correlated significantly with six CBCA criteria and with the total CBCA score, indicating that younger, less verbal children may be at a disadvantage in presenting their allegations. 2 tables and 25 references