The research took place in Israel. The research placed the interviewer utterances into four categories: (1) invitations, (2) direct utterances, (3) option-posing utterances, and (4) suggestive utterances. Results revealed that the verbatim notes did not include 57 percent of the interviewers’ utterances and 25 percent of the incident-relevant details provided by the children. These accounts also inaccurately represented the structure of the interviews. In addition, only 44 percent of the details provided by the children were attributed to the correct eliciting utterance type. Moreover, investigators systematically misattributed details to more open rather than more focused prompts. Findings underscore the superiority of electronic recording when the content and structure of investigative interviews require preservation. 38 references (Author abstract modified)