Research Publications
Below is a list of the relevant recent research work published by members of the Forensic Memory Laboratory. Each article is linked to the publishers website if you wish to read the Abstract. You can also contact us for full-text copies.
2024
Danby, M. C. (2024). Five considerations about memory processes for child forensic interviewers. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 18. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad097
Korkman, J., Otgaar, H., Geven, L.M., Bull, R., Cyr, M, Hershkowitz, I., Mäkelä, J. M., Mattison, M., Milne, R., Santtila, P., van Koppen, P., Memon, A., Danby, M., Filipovic, L., Garcia, F. J., Gewehr, E., Gomes Bell, O., Järvilehto, L., Kask, K., … Volbert, R. (2024). White paper on forensic child interviewing: research-based recommendations by the European Association of Psychology and Law. Psychology, Crime and Law, https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2024.2324098
Sharman, S. J., Danby, M., & Gray, A. (2024). Witnesses’ susceptibility to misleading post-event information delivered in a social media-style video. Memory, 32(1), 100-110. http://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2294692
2023
Danby, M. C. & Sharman, S. J. (2023). Open-ended initial invitations are particularly helpful in eliciting forensically relevant information from child witnesses. Child Abuse & Neglect, 146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106505
Danby, M. C., Sharman, S. J., van Golde, C., Paterson, H. M., & Watkins, R. (2023). The effects of episode spacing on adult’s reports of a repeated event. Memory, 31(6), 879-889 https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2023.2198265
Sharman, S. J., Hayden, M. J., Danby, M. C., & Derbyshire, J. (2023). Exploring adults’ dietary reporting accuracy using a repeated events framework, Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37(4), 876-888. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4089
2022
Danby, M. C., Sharman, S. J., Claringbold, G. (2022). The effects of recalling generic versus episodic information first on adults’ reports of a repeated event. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36, 460-467.http://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3924
Sharman, S. J., Danby, M. C., & Christopoulos, L. (2022). Mental context reinstatement improves adults’ reports of additional details from two instances of a repeated event. Memory, https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2022.2068610
Danby, M. C., Sharman, S. J., & Guadagno, B. (2022). Testing an Evaluation Tool to Facilitate Police Officers’ Peer Review of Child Interviews, Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-022-09516-8
Danby, M. C., Sharman, S. J., Klettke, B. (2022). Factors influencing the perceived credibility of children alleging physical abuse. Psychiatry, Psychology, & Law, 456-470 https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2021.1917012
Sharman, S. & Danby, M. (2022). Suggestive questions reduce the accuracy of adults’ reports about one episode of a repeated event. Psychology, Crime and Law, https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2022.2132247
Danby, M., Sharman, S., van Golde, C., & Paterson, H. (2022). Laypeople’s perceptions of the effects of event repetition, reporting delay, and emotion on children’s and adults’ memory. Memory, https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2022.2135737
2021
Danby, M. C., Guadagno, B., & Sharman, S. J. (2021). Interviewers’ perceptions of interviewing Aboriginal Australian children. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, 22, 1356-1375. https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2020.1865957
Pichler, A. S., Powell, M., Sharman, S. J., Westera, N., & Goodman-Delahunty, J. (2021). Discussions about child witness interviews during Australian trials of child sexual abuse. Police Practice and Research, 22, 938-395. http://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2019.1689133
Tidmarsh, P., Sharman, S. J., & Hamilton, G. (2021). Police officers’ perceptions of specialist training, skills and qualities needed to investigate sexual crime. Police Practice and Research, 22, 475-490. http://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2019.1697266
2020
Brubacher, S. P., Sharman, S. J., Westera, N. J., Zekiroski, H., Danby, M. C. & Powell, M. B. (2020). Narrative practice may foster comfort but not enhance cognition in adult witness interviews about a mock sexual assault, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 31, 814-821, doi: 10.1080/14789949.2020.1799056.
Brubacher, S., Sharman, S. J., Scoboria, A., & Powell, M. (2020). The effect of question type on acceptance of misinformation about present and absent details. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34,1323-1334. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3742
Pichler, A. S., Sharman, S. J., Powell, M., Westera, N., & Goodman-Delahunty, J. (2020). Association between child interview quality and child sexual abuse trial outcome. Journal of Family Violence, 35, 395-40. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-019-00051-5
Pichler, A. S., Powell, M., Sharman, S. J., Zydervelt, S., Westera, N., & Goodman-Delahunty, J. (accepted 4 July 2020). An examination of the inconsistencies in complainants’ accounts raised during cross-examination of child witnesses. Psychology, Crime & Law. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2020.1805743
2019
Danby, M. C., Sharman, S. J., Brubacher, S. P., & Powell, M. (2019). The effects of episode similarity on children’s reports of a repeated event. Memory, 27, 561 – 567. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2018.1529798
Navarro, C., Knight, T., Sharman, S. J., & Powell, M. (2019). Challenges in translating interview protocols for child victims to different languages: A case study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 94. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104033
2018
Danby, M. C., Earhart, B. E., Brubacher, S. P., Powell, M. B., Goodman-Delahunty, J., & Westera, N. J. (2018). Tracking Labels for Occurrences of Alleged Child Abuse from Police Interviews to Trials. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 24, 41 – 54. https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12146
Earhart, B., Danby, M. C., Brubacher S. P., Powell, M. B., & Sharman, S. J. (2018). A comparison of responses to substantive transition prompts in interviews with children. Child Maltreatment, 23, 221-225. doi: 10.1177/1077559518756827.
Hill, B., Kothe, E., J., Currie, S., Danby, M. C., … Skouteris, H. (2018). A systematic mapping review of the associations between pregnancy intentions and health-related lifestyle behaviours or psychological wellbeing. Prev Med Rev, 5 doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100869
2017
Danby, M. C., Brubacher S. P., Sharman, S. J., & Powell, M. B., (2017). The effects of one versus two episodically-oriented practice narratives on children’s reports of a repeated event. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 22. doi: 10.1111/lcrp.12110
Danby, M. C., Sharman, S. J., Brubacher S. P., Powell, M. B., & Roberts, K. P. (2017). Differential effects of general versus cued invitations on children’s reports of a repeated event. Psychology, Crime & Law, 8. doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2017.1324028
Danby, M. C., Brubacher S. P., Sharman, S. J., Powell, M. B., & Roberts, K. P. (2017). Children’s reasoning about which episode of a repeated event is best remembered. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31. doi: 10.1002/acp.3306
Leach, C., Powell, M. B., Sharman, S. J., & Anglim, J. (2017). The relationship between age and children’s disclosure of sexual abuse during forensic interviews. Child Maltreatment, 22, 79-88. http://doi.org/10.1177/1077559516675723
2016
Christensen, L. S., Sharman, S. J., & Powell, M. B. (2016). Identifying the characteristics of child sexual abuse cases that exit the criminal justice system before the forensic interview. International Journal of Police Science and Management, 18, 104-114. http://doi.org/10.1177/1461355716641973
Christensen, L. S., Sharman, S. J., & Powell, M. B. (2016). Identifying the characteristics of child sexual abuse cases associated with the child or the child’s parent withdrawing the complaint. Child Abuse & Neglect, 57, 53-60. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.05.004
2015
Danby, M. C., Brubacher, S. P., Sharman, S. J. & Powell, M. B. (2015). The effects of practice on children’s ability to apply ground rules in a narrative interview. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 33 https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2194
Sharman, S. J., Boyd, C., & Powell, M. B. (2015). Disrupting the encoding of misinformation delivered in closed specific and open presumptive questions. Psychiatry, Psychology, & Law, 22, 535-541. http://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2014.960035
Christensen, L. S., Sharman, S. J., & Powell, M. B. (2015). Professionals’ views on child sexual abuse attrition rates. Psychiatry, Psychology, & Law, 22, 542-558. http://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2014.960036
Darwinkel, E., Powell, M. B., & Sharman, S. J. (2015). Police and prosecutors’ perceptions of the evidence associated with convictions of sexual assaults reported by adults. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 30, 213-220. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-015-9162-9