Özet:

Proper forensic interviews with children during the judicial process and accessing the details of the incident as close to the reality as possible ensure that the judicial process concerning both the victim child and the accused can be carried out in the right direction. Therefore, necessary measures are taken within the judicial system in order to ensure and protect the quality and quantity of information to be obtained, especially in judicial interviews conducted with children. This is one of the main reasons for the establishment of child monitoring centers and forensic interview rooms in our country. However, it is a priority to consider the legal arrangements as well as the physical arrangements in question and to establish a standard interview protocol for common use of experts in contact with the child in the judicial system. In this context, the aim of this study was to discuss the importance of forensic interviews with children and the criteria to be met for these interviews, Turkish version of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Protocol, which was established in order to obtain more reliable information from children, especially during judicial interviews conducted with children victims of sexual abuse is shared as full text. At the same time, this study aimed to emphasize the importance of the use of semi-structured interview protocols for the experts involved in forensic interviews with child victims of abuse.

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