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When Interviewing Children: A Review and Update

In J. Conte & B. Klika, eds., APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment, 4th ed. (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 2018) pp. 310-329, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS17-2, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 17-2

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2017

Karen Saywitz, Thomas D. Lyon and Gail S. Goodman

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Davis

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Speaking with Children: Advice from Investigative Interviewers

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Aug 2001

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Questioning Children: The Effects of Suggestive and Repeated Questioning

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Questioning Children: The Effects of Suggestive and Repeated Questioning

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 07 Jan 2000

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Questioning Children: The Effects of Suggestive and Repeated Questioning

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 07 Jan 2000

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Young Children's Competency to Take the Oath

USC Law School, Olin Working Paper No. 99-4

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 May 1999

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Expert Testimony on the Suggestibility of Children: Does it Fit?

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Expert Testimony on the Suggestibility of Children: Does it Fit?

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Jan 2000

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Expert Testimony on the Suggestibility of Children: Does it Fit?

CHILDREN AND THE LAW: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND POLICY, B.L. Bottoms, M.B. Kovera, & B.D. McAuliff, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2000

Posted: 07 Jan 2000

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Increasing True Reports Without Increasing False Reports: Best Practice Interviewing Methods and Open-Ended WH- Questions

33 American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Advisor 29-39 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-1, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-1

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2021

Thomas D. Lyon and Hayden Henderson

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and USC Gould School of Law

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Wrongful Acquittals of Child Sexual Abuse

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Forthcoming, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS15-35, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 15-37

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Nov 2015

Thomas D. Lyon, Stacia Stolzenberg and Kelly McWilliams

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice and USC Gould School of Law

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Building Rapport in Interviews with Adolescent Trafficking Victims

Child Abuse Review, 33, e2864 [10.1002/car.2864], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 24-12

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2024

Rachel Dianiska, Emma Simpson, Sarah Kim, Thomas D. Lyon and Jodi Quas

University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine - Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine - Department of Psychological Science, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

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Reducing Motivational Barriers to Oath-Taking Competence in Maltreated Children

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 24 Feb 2000

Thomas D. Lyon, Karen J. Saywitz, Debra L. Kaplan and Joyce S. Dorado

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - David Geffen School of Medicine

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The Utility of Direct Questions in Eliciting Subjective Content from Children Disclosing Sexual Abuse

116 Child Abuse & Neglect 103694 (2021), USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS19-8, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 19-8

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 24 May 2021

Stacia Stolzenberg, Shanna Williams, Kelly McWilliams, Catherine Liang and Thomas D. Lyon

Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Relevance Ratio: Evaluating the Probative Value of Expert Testimony in Child Sexual Abuse Cases

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 43, 1996

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jul 2009

Jonathan J. Koehler and Thomas D. Lyon

Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Child Witnesses

In N. Brewer & A.B. Douglass, eds., Psychological Science and the Law (New York, NY: Guilford), pp. 157-181 (2019), USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 17-26, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS17-27

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2019

Thomas D. Lyon, Kelly McWilliams and Shanna Williams

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The History of Children's Hearsay: From Old Bailey to Post-Davis

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 82, 2007, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 07-7

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Jun 2007

Thomas D. Lyon and Raymond LaMagna

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Irell & Manella LLP

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Coaching, Truth Induction, and Young Maltreated Children's False Allegations and False Denials

Child Development, Vol. 79, p. 914, 2008, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 08-02

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 14 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 17 May 2009

Thomas D. Lyon, Lindsay Malloy, Jodi Quas and Victoria Talwar

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and McGill University

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Attorney Questions Predict Jury-Eligible Adult Assessments of Attorneys, Child Witnesses, and Defendant Guilt

34 Behavioral Sciences and the Law 178 (2016), USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS 16-7, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 16-8

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2016

Allison Mugno, J. Zoe Klemfuss and Thomas D. Lyon

Florida International University (FIU), University of California, Irvine - Department of Psychological Science and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Familial Influences on Recantation in Substantiated Child Sexual Abuse Cases

21 Child Maltreatment 256 (2016), USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 16-17, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS16-15

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 02 May 2016 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2016

Lindsay Malloy, Allison Mugno, Jillian Rivard, Thomas D. Lyon and Jodi Quas

Florida International University (FIU), Florida International University (FIU), Barry University, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

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Initial Denial of Child Sexual Abuse: Reluctance or Suggestibility

USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 2506, The handbook of child witnesses: Improving psychological science and legal practice. Eds. Goodman, Lyon, Hobbs, and Enriquez. American Psychological Association.

Posted: 22 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2025

Thomas D. Lyon, Breanne Wylie and Zsofia Szojka

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Brock University and University of London

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Using Rapport Building to Improve Information Yield When Interviewing Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Call for Research

Child Abuse & Neglect, 154, Article 106898. [10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106898], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 24-21

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Jun 2024

Rachel Dianiska, Jodi Quas and Thomas D. Lyon

University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Relation between Young Children's False Response Latency, Executive Functioning, and Truth-Lie Understanding

65 Merrill-Palmer Quarterly 81-100 (2019), USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 17-25, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS17-26

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2019

Shanna Williams, Elizabeth Ahern and Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of Cambridge and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 146 (425,923)

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Effects of the Putative Confession Instruction on Perceptions of Children's True and False Statements

In 33 Applied Cognitive Psychology 655-661 (2019), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS18-27, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 18-30

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2019

Jennifer Gongola, Nicholas Scurich and Thomas D. Lyon

PIMCO, University of California, Irvine - School of Social Ecology and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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'Where Were Your Clothes?' Eliciting Descriptions of Clothing Placement from Children Alleging Sexual Abuse in Criminal Trials and Forensic Interviews

22 Legal and Criminological Psychology 197-212 (2017), USC CLASS Research Paper No. 16-8, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 16-9

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2017

Stacia Stolzenberg and Thomas D. Lyon

Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Urgent Issues and Prospects on Investigative Interviews with Children and Adolescents

Legal and Criminological Psychology, 00, 1-22 [10.1111/lcrp.12269], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 24-29

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Aug 2024

McGill University, City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Griffith University, University of California, Irvine, University of Ottawa, University of California, Davis, University of Cambridge, University of Toledo, University of Otago, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, University of California, Irvine, Griffith University, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of Utah, Ontario Tech University, University of London, NYU Shanghai and Brock University

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Preschoolers' Moral Judgments About Illness and Treatment: Who's Bad?

USC Law School, Olin Working Paper No. 99-3

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 May 1999

Pamela M. Kato, Thomas D. Lyon, John Flavell, Raquel S. Klibanoff, Robin T Higashi and Lynne C. Huffman

Stanford University - School of Medicine, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Stanford University - Department of Psychology, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Stanford University - School of Medicine

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Understanding Expert Testimony on Child Sexual Abuse Denial After New Jersey v. J.L.G.: Ground Truth, Disclosure Suspicion Bias, and Disclosure Substantiation Bias

Publisher version in 38 Behavioral Sciences & the Law 630-647 (2020), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS20-17, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 20-17

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2020

Thomas D. Lyon, Shanna Williams and Stacia Stolzenberg

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice

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The Effects of Implicit Encouragement and the Putative Confession on Children's Memory Reports

80 Child Abuse & Neglect, 113-112, USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS18-5, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 18-5

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2018

Kyndra Cleveland, Jodi Quas and Thomas D. Lyon

Vanderbilt University - Peabody College, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Imprecision about Body Mechanics when Child Witnesses are Questioned about Sexual Abuse

37 Journal of Interpersonal Violence (13-14), NP12375-NP12397 (2022), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-2, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-2

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 02 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2022

Colleen Sullivan, Suzanne St. George, Stacia Stolzenberg, Shanna Williams and Thomas D. Lyon

Arizona State University (ASU), Arizona State University (ASU), Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Maltreated Children's Ability to Make Temporal Judgments Using a Recurring Landmark Event

34 Journal of Interpersonal Violence 873-883 (2019), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS16-12, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 16-14

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2019

Kelly McWilliams, Thomas D. Lyon and Jodi Quas

USC Gould School of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

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How Attorneys Question Children About the Dynamics of Sexual Abuse and Disclosure in Criminal Trials

20 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 20 (2014), USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 15-34, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS15-32

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 30 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2015

Stacia Stolzenberg and Thomas D. Lyon

Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Where Researchers Fear to Tread: Interpretive Differences Among Testifying Experts in Child Sexual Abuse Cases

S. Ceci and H. Hembrooke, eds., WHAT CAN (AND SHOULD) AN EXPERT TELL THE COURT? (American Psychological Association: Washington, DC)

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 08 Feb 1998 Last Revised: 06 May 2019

Thomas D. Lyon and Jonathan J. Koehler

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

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Pragmatic Failure and Referential Ambiguity When Attorneys Ask Child Witnesses 'Do You Know/Remember' Questions

23 Psychology, Public Policy & Law 191-199 (2017), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS16-39, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 16-43

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 03 May 2017

Angela Evans, Stacia Stolzenberg and Thomas D. Lyon

Brock University Psychology Department, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Repeated Self- and Peer-Review Leads to Continuous Improvement in Child Interviewing Performance

5 Journal of Forensic Social Work 20 (2015), USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 16-2, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS16-2

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2016

Thomas D. Lyon and Stacia Stolzenberg

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Understanding Child Sexual Abuse Disclosures, Delays, and Denials

USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 2505, Child sexual abuse: Disclosure, delay, and denial (2d Ed., in press). Eds. Lamb, Hershkowitz, and Pipe. Routledge.

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 22 Jan 2025

Thomas D. Lyon, Breanne Wylie and Zsofia Szojka

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Brock University and University of London

Downloads 103 (558,006)

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Forensic Interviewers' Difficulty with Invitations: Faux Invitations and Negative Recasting

25 Child Maltreatment 363-372 (2020), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS19-34, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-34

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2020

Hayden Henderson, Natalie Russo and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Challenging the Credibility of Alleged Victims of Child Sexual Abuse in Scottish Courts

23 Psychology, Public Policy & Law 200-210 (2017), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS16-38, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 16-42

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 06 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 03 May 2017

Zsofia Szojka, Samantha Andrews, Michael Lamb, Stacia Stolzenberg and Thomas D. Lyon

University of London, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Setting the Ground Rules: Use and Practice of Ground Rules in Child Forensic Interviews

26 Child Maltreatment 126-132 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS20-2, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 20-2

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2021

Melanie Fessinger, Kelly McWilliams, Faizun Bakth and Thomas D. Lyon

City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Younger and Older Adults' Lie-Detection and Credibility Judgments of Children's Coached Reports

25 Psychology, Crime, & Law 925-944 (2019), USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS19-2, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-2

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2019

Alison Mary O'Connor, Thomas D. Lyon and Angela Evans

Independent, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Brock University Psychology Department

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Elaborations and Denials in Children’s Responses to Yes–No Any/Some Questions in Forensic Interviews

Child Maltreatment, 28(3), 407-416, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 23-5

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2024

Zsofia Szojka, Hayden M. Henderson, Jina Hur, Hannah Siepmann and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 100 (569,911)

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The Productivity of Wh-Prompts in Child Forensic Interviews

33 Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2007-2015 (2018), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS15-33, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 15-35

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 04 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2018

Elizabeth Ahern, Samantha Andrews, Stacia Stolzenberg and Thomas D. Lyon

University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 99 (573,743)

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The Utility of Direct Questions About Actions with the Hands in Child Forensic Interviews

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 30(2), 121-131 [10.1037/law0000426], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 24-14

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Mar 2024

Owen Friend, Agnieszka Nogalska and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, Students, USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Successful Criminal Prosecutions of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Abuse of Minors: A Comparative Analysis

Child Maltreatment, 28(3), 500-516. [10.1177/10775595231176432], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 23-2

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 16 May 2023

Jodi Quas, Shreya Mukhopadhyay, Kaitlin M. H. Winks, Rachel Dianiska and Thomas D. Lyon

University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine - Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 92 (601,382)

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The Initial Medical Assessment of Possible Child Sexual Abuse: History, History, History

Academic Pediatrics, 24(4), 562-569. [10.1016/j.acap.2023.11.013], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 23-14

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 01 Mar 2024

Howard Dubowitz, Martin Finkel, Susan Feigelman and Thomas D. Lyon

University of Maryland - School of Medicine, Rowan University - Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Maryland - School of Medicine and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Maltreated and Non-Maltreated Children's Truthful and Dishonest Reports: Linguistic and Syntactic Differences

Forthcoming in Frontiers of Psychology, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS22-41, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 22-41

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 Nov 2022

Victoria Dykstra, Thomas D. Lyon and Angela D. Evans

Brock University, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Institute of Child Study (Brock University)

Downloads 88 (618,210)

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Police Interviewing Behaviors and Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents' Reluctance

27(3) Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 328-340 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-9, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-9

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 21 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2021

Agnieszka Nogalska, Hayden Henderson, Scarlet Cho and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Students and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Causal Indicators for Assessing the Truthfulness of Child Speech in Forensic Interviews

71 Computer Speech & Language 101263 (2022), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-32, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-32

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 22 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2022

Zane Durante, Victor Ardulov, Manoj Kumar, Jennifer Gongola, Thomas D. Lyon and Shrikanth Narayanan

University of Southern California, University of Southern California, University of Southern California, PIMCO, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Southern California

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Pseudotemporal Invitations: 6- to 9-year-old Maltreated Children's Tendency to Misinterpret Invitations Referencing "Time" as Solely Requesting Conventional Temporal Information

In press, Child Maltreatment, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS22-5, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 22-5

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 May 2022 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2022

Kelly McWilliams, Shanna Williams, Hayden Henderson, Angela D. Evans and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Institute of Child Study (Brock University) and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Children's Conversational Memory Regarding a Minor Transgression and a Subsequent Interview

24 Psychology, Public Policy, & Law 379-392 (2018), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS 18-12, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 18-12

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 15 May 2018 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2018

Stacia Stolzenberg, Kelly McWilliams and Thomas D. Lyon

Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Appellate Review of Child Sexual Abuse Convictions: The Importance of Character Evidence

Child Maltreatment, 29(4), 661-671. [10.1177/10775595231196096], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 23-13

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 Aug 2023

Suzanne St. George, Hayden M. Henderson, Michaela Flippin, Stacia Stolzenberg and Thomas D. Lyon

Arizona State University (ASU), USC Gould School of Law, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 78 (663,892)

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Don't Know Responding in Young Maltreated Children: The Effects of Wh- Questions Type and Enhanced Interview Instructions

45(2) Law & Human Behavior 124-137 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-4, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-4

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2021

Kelly McWilliams, Shanna Williams, Stacia Stolzenberg, Angela D. Evans and Thomas D. Lyon

City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Institute of Child Study (Brock University) and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Effects of the Putative Confession and Evidence Presentation on Maltreated and Non-Maltreated 9- to 12- year-olds' Coached Concealment of a Minor Transgression

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 188, 104674 (2019), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS19-20, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-20

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2019

Angela D. Evans and Thomas D. Lyon

Institute of Child Study (Brock University) and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 73 (688,830)

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Children's Underextended Understanding of Touch

Forthcoming, Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS22-28, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 22-28

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Sep 2022

Colleen Sullivan, Stacia Stolzenberg, Shanna Williams and Thomas D. Lyon

Arizona State University (ASU), Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Suppositional Wh- Questions about Perceptions, Conversations, and Actions Are More Productive Than Paired Yes-No Questions When Questioning Maltreated Children

Forthcoming in Child Maltreatment, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS 21-43, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-43

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Dec 2021

Hayden Henderson, Georgia Lundon and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Children's Concealment of a Minor Transgression: The Role of Age, Maltreatment, and Executive Functioning

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 191, 104664, USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS19-18

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2019

Shanna Williams, Kelly McWilliams and Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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The Productivity of Wh- Prompts When Children Testify

30 Applied Cognitive Psychology 341-349 (2016), USC CLASS Research Paper No. 15-34, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 15-36

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 06 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2017

Samantha Andrews, Elizabeth Ahern, Stacia Stolzenberg and Thomas D. Lyon

University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 72 (694,075)

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Child Maltreatment, the Law, and Two Types of Error

Child Maltreatment, 28(3), 403-406, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 23-4

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2024

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 71 (699,427)

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Use of Global Trait Cues Helps to Explain Older Adults' Decrements in Detecting Children's Lies

27 Legal and Criminological Psychology 48-62 (2022), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-28, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-28

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2022

Alison O'Connor, Thomas D. Lyon, Micaela Wiens and Angela D. Evans

Brock University, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Brock University and Institute of Child Study (Brock University)

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Child Witnesses Productively Respond to "How" Questions About Evaluations But Struggle with Other "How" Questions

Child Maltreatment, 28(3) 417-426 [10.1177/10775595231175913], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 23-1

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 May 2023 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2024

Hayden M. Henderson, Colleen Sullivan, Breanne Wylie, Stacia Stolzenberg, Angela D. Evans and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, Arizona State University (ASU), Brock University, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Institute of Child Study (Brock University) and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 70 (704,789)

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57.

Valence, Implicated Actor, and Children's Acquiescence to False Suggestions

43 Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 1 (2016), USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS15-37, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 15-39

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 16 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2016

Kyndra Cleveland, Jodi Quas and Thomas D. Lyon

University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 70 (704,789)

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58.

Attorneys’ Questions and Children’s Responses Referring to the Nature of Sexual Touch in Child Sexual Abuse Trials

Child Maltreatment, 28(3), 438-449., USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 23-3

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 May 2023 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2024

Zsofia Szojka, Nika Moussavi, Cara Burditt and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, Albany Medical College, USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 68 (715,885)

Abstract:

59.

The Utility of the Birthday Prompt in Narrative Practice with Maltreated and Non-maltreated 4- to 9-year-old Children

Forthcoming, Applied Developmental Science, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-34, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-34

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Aug 2021

Hayden Henderson, Hailey Konovalov, Shanna Williams and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Students, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 68 (715,885)

Citation 3

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60.

The Effects of the Hypothetical Putative Confession and Negatively-Valenced Yes/No Questions on Maltreated and Non-Maltreated Children's Disclosure of a Minor Transgression

22 Child Maltreatment 167-173 (2017), USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 16-30, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS16-28

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2017

Stacia Stolzenberg, Kelly McWilliams and Thomas D. Lyon

Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 68 (715,885)

Citation 6

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61.

Ohio V. Clark: Brief of Amicus Curiae American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children in Support of Petitioner

21 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 365 (2015), USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS15-36, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 15-38

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 11 Dec 2015

Jeremy Lawrence, Daniel Levin, Kevin Brady, Maria Jhai and Thomas D. Lyon

Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 68 (715,885)

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62.

Novel Forms of Reluctance Among Suspected Child Sexual Abuse Victims in Adolescence

In press, Child Maltreatment, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS22-6, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 22-6

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 18 May 2022 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2022

Agnieszka Nogalska, Hayden Henderson, Scarlet Cho and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Students and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 67 (721,466)

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63.

Identifying Liars Through Automatic Decoding of Children's Facial Expressions

91 Child Development e995-e1011 (2020), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS19-30, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-30

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2020

Kaila Bruer, Sarah Zanette, Xiaopan Ding, Thomas D. Lyon and Kang Lee

University of Regina, University of Toronto, National University of Singapore (NUS), University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Institute of Child Study

Downloads 67 (721,466)

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64.

Detecting Children’s True and False Denials of Wrongdoing: Effects of Question Type and Base Rate Knowledge

Publisher version in 38 Behavioral Sciences & the Law 612-629 (2020), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS20-18, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 20-18

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2020

Kirsten Domagalski, Jennifer Gongola, Thomas D. Lyon, Steven E. Clark and Jodi Quas

University of California, Irvine - Department of Psychological Science, PIMCO, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of California, Riverside (UCR) - Department of Psychology and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

Downloads 65 (733,182)

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65.

The Effects of Secret Instructions and Yes/No Questions on Maltreated and Nonmaltreated Children's Reports of a Minor Transgression

34 Behavioral Sciences & the Law 784-802 (2016), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS17-8, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 17-6

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2017

Elizabeth Ahern, Stacia Stolzenberg, Kelly McWilliams and Thomas D. Lyon

University of Cambridge, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 64 (739,023)

Citation 9

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66.

Do Children Unintentionally Report Maltreatment? Comparisons of Disclosures of Neglect versus Sexual Abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect, 133, 105824 (2022), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS22-23, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 22-23

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 15 Aug 2022

Jennifer Lavoie, Shanna Williams, Thomas D. Lyon and Jodi Quas

University of Edinburgh, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

Downloads 63 (745,119)

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67.

Increasing Maltreated and Nonmaltreated Children's Recall Disclosures of a Minor Transgression: The Effects of Back-Channel Utterances, a Promise to Tell the Truth and a Post-Recall Putative Confession

116 Child Abuse and Neglect 104073 (2021), USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-11, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS19-11

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 May 2019 Last Revised: 24 May 2021

Kelly McWilliams, Stacia Stolzenberg, Shanna Williams and Thomas D. Lyon

City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 62 (751,260)

Citation 5

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68.

The Difficulty of Teaching Adults to Recognize Referential Ambiguity in Children's Testimony: The Influence of Explicit Instruction and Sample Questions

35 Applied Cognitive Psychology 1297-1307 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-33, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-33

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2021

Breanne Wylie, Jennifer Gongola, Thomas D. Lyon and Angela D. Evans

Brock University, PIMCO, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Institute of Child Study (Brock University)

Downloads 61 (757,521)

Citation 3

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69.

Identifying Novel Forms of Reluctance in Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents

115 Child Abuse & Neglect 104994 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-5, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-5

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2021

Hayden Henderson, Scarlet Cho, Agnieszka Nogalska and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Students, USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 61 (757,521)

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70.

Eliciting Maltreated and Nonmaltreated Children's Transgression Disclosures: Narrative Practice Rapport Building and a Putative Confession

85 Child Development 1756 (2014), USC CLASS Research Paper No. 15-38, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 15-40

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Dec 2015

Thomas D. Lyon, Lindsay Erin Wandrey, Elizabeth Ahern, Robyn Carbone Licht, Megan Sim and Jodi Quas

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of California, Irvine, University of Cambridge, University of Southern California, University of Cambridge and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

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Citation 6

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Children’s Signaling of Incomprehension: The Diagnosticity of Practice Questions During Interview Instructions

26 Child Maltreatment 95-104 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS20-16, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 20-16

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2021

Hayden Henderson and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 60 (763,855)

Citation 2

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72.

The Role of Kinship and Siblings in Young Children's Placement Preferences

36 Journal of Interpersonal Violence 17-18 (2021), USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 19-12, USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS19-12

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 May 2019 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2021

Kelli Dickerson, Thomas D. Lyon and Jodi Quas

University of California, Irvine, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

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73.

Automated Question Type Coding of Forensic Interviews and Trial Testimony in Child Sexual Abuse Cases

USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 24-32, Law and Human Behavior (in press)

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Oct 2024

Zsofia Szojka, Suvimal Yashraj and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 58 (783,661)

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74.

Young Children's Ability to Describe Intermediate Clothing Placement

26 Child Maltreatment 87-94 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS20-9, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 20-9

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 13 May 2020 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2021

Breanne Wylie, Stacia Stolzenberg, Kelly McWilliams, Angela D. Evans and Thomas D. Lyon

Brock University, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Institute of Child Study (Brock University) and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 57 (783,661)

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75.

Adults' Perceptions of Children's Referentially Ambiguous Responses

35 Psychology, Crime, & Law 729-738 (2019), USC CLASS Research Paper Series No. CLASS18-28, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 18-31

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 31 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2019

Breanne Wylie, Thomas D. Lyon, Alison O'Connor, Christina Lapytskaia and Angela Evans

Brock University, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Brock University, York University and Brock University Psychology Department

Downloads 57 (783,661)

Citation 2

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76.

Relations between Attorney Temporal Structure and Children's Response Productivity in Cases of Alleged Child Sexual Abuse

22 Legal and Criminological Psychology 228-241 (2017), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS16-17, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 16-19

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2017

J. Klemfuss, Kyndra Cleveland, Jodi Quas and Thomas D. Lyon

Florida International University (FIU), University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 56 (790,436)

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77.

Children's Under-Informative Responding is Associated with Concealment of a Transgression

35(4) Applied Cognitive Psychology 1065-1074 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS21-25, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 21-25

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 May 2021 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2021

Jennifer Gongola, Shanna Williams and Thomas D. Lyon

PIMCO, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 54 (804,751)

Citation 1

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78.

The Comparative Productivity of the Birthday Narrative in 6- to 11-year-old Maltreated Children

Child Maltreatment (in press) [10.1177/10775595241264279], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 24-22

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Jun 2024

Hayden Henderson, Breanne Wylie and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, Brock University and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 53 (811,907)

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79.

Order of Encoding Predicts Young Children's Responses to Sequencing Questions

55 Cognitive Development 100927 (2020), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS20-13, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 20-13

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2020

J. Zoe Klemfuss, Kelly McWilliams, Hayden Henderson, Alma Olaguez and Thomas D. Lyon

University of California, Irvine - Department of Psychological Science, City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USC Gould School of Law, University of California, Irvine and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 53 (811,907)

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80.

The Promise and Problems of Policy-minded Developmental Research: Recognizing our Implicit Value Judgments and the Limits of our Research

Forthcoming in Redlich, A.D. & Quas, J.A., eds., The Handbook on Developmental Psychology and the Law (Oxford University Press), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS22-26, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 22-26

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 22 Aug 2022

Thomas D. Lyon and Michael Lamb

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Cambridge

Downloads 51 (826,894)

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81.

4- to 15-Year-old Children's Misinterpretation of Invitations Asking "About the Time" as Requests for Temporal Information in Forensic Interviews

129 Child Abuse and Neglect 105675 (2022), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS22-7, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 22-7

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 May 2022 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2022

Owen Friend, Hayden Henderson and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, Students, USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 51 (826,894)

Citation 3

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82.

Young Children's Understanding of the Epistemic and Deontic Meanings of Ask and Tell

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 224, 105516 (2022), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS22-18, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 22-18

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2022

Breanne Wylie, Kelly McWilliams, Stacia Stolzenberg, Angela D. Evans and Thomas D. Lyon

Brock University, City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Institute of Child Study (Brock University) and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 43 (892,638)

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83.

Training Humans to Detect Children's Lies Through their Facial Expressions

Applied Cognitive Psychology (in press), USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 2501

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Jan 2025

Alison O'Connor, Kaila Bruer, Jennifer Gongola, Thomas D. Lyon and Angela D. Evans

Mount Allison University, University of Regina, University of Southern California, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Institute of Child Study (Brock University)

Downloads 40 (919,787)

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84.

Subtle Forms of Reluctance in Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents' Responses when Questioned by the Police and at Trial

USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 2509, Child Maltreatment (in press)

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Apr 2025

Scarlet Cho, Hayden Henderson, Agnieszka Nogalska, Hannah Siepmann and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law, Students, USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 38 (938,902)

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85.

Foster Youth's Placement Preferences: The Roles of Kin, Siblings, and Age

131 Child Abuse & Neglect 105761 (2022), USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS No. 22-17, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 22-17

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2022

Shreya Mukhopadhyay, Kelli Dickerson, Thomas D. Lyon and Jodi Quas

University of California, Irvine - Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

Downloads 38 (938,902)

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86.

Forensic Interviewers’ Difficulty with the Birthday Narrative

Child Abuse & Neglect, 152, Article 106752 [10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106752], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 24-16

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2024

Breanne E. Wylie, Hayden M. Henderson, Georgia Lundon and Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California, USC Gould School of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 36 (958,594)

Citation 2

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87.

Adults' Difficulties in Identifying Concealment Among Children Interviewed with the Putative Confession Instructions

35 Applied Cognitive Psychology 18-25 (2021), USC CLASS Research Paper Series No. CLASS20-14, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 20-14

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2021

Jennifer Gongola, Jodi Quas, Steven E. Clark and Thomas D. Lyon

PIMCO, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Riverside (UCR) - Department of Psychology and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 36 (958,594)

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88.

Beyond 50%: Providing contextual and coaching information substantially improves adults' ability to detect children's lies

Psychology, Crime & Law (in press) [10.1080/1068316X.2024.2378058], USC Law Legal Studies Paper 24-28

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Jul 2024

Alison O'Connor, Thomas D. Lyon, Georgia Ellery and Angela D. Evans

Brock University, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Brock University and Institute of Child Study (Brock University)

Downloads 32 (1,000,146)

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89.

Adults’ Interpretation of Invitations Using the Word “Time”

Child Abuse Review, 33, e2869 [10.1002/car.2869], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 24-15

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2024

Breanne E. Wylie, Ella Merriwether, Alma Olaguez, Miriam Lieber, J. Zoe Klemfuss, Thomas D. Lyon and Kelly McWilliams

University of Southern California, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center, University of California, Irvine, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center, University of California, Irvine - Department of Psychological Science, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and City University of New York (CUNY) - John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Downloads 28 (1,044,760)

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90.

Children's Elaborated Responses to Yes-No Questions in Forensic Interviews About Sexual Abuse

Child Maltreatment, 29(4), 637-647 [10.1177/10775595231220228], USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 23-15

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 18 Sep 2024

Zsofia Szojka and Thomas D. Lyon

USC Gould School of Law and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Downloads 14 (1,217,043)

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91.

Questioning Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: Lessons from Developmental Science on Forensic Interviewing

SRCD Child Evidence Brief, No. 6, October 2019, USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS19-33, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-33

Posted: 14 Nov 2019

Jodi Quas and Thomas D. Lyon

University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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92.

Investigative Interviewing of the Child

In D.H. Duquette, A.H. Haralambie, & V.S. Sankaran, eds., Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, and State Agencies in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Cases, 3d edition (Denver, CO: Bradford, 2016), pp. 87-113, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 17-1, USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS17-1

Posted: 09 Jan 2017

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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93.

Interviewing Children

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 10, pp. 73-89, 2014

Posted: 05 Nov 2014

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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94.

Maltreated Children’s Temporal Knowledge for Significant Events

Posted: 06 Aug 2009

Lindsay Erin Wandrey, Thomas D. Lyon, Jodi Quas and William J. Friedman

University of California, Irvine, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Oberlin College

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95.

The Supreme Court, Hearsay, and Crawford: Implications for Child Interviewers

APSAC (American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children), Vol. 20, p. 2, 2008, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 09-18

Posted: 14 May 2009 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2009

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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96.

Abuse Disclosure: What Adults Can Tell

CHILD VICTIMS, CHILD OFFENDERS: PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW, B.L. Bottoms, G.S. Goodman, & C.J. Najdowski, eds., New York: Guilford, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 09-21

Posted: 14 May 2009 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2009

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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97.

Maltreated Children's Understanding of and Emotional Reactions to Dependency Court Involvement

Behavioral Sciences & the Law, Vol. 27, p. 97, 2009, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 09-20

Posted: 14 May 2009 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2009

Jodi Quas, Allison R. Wallin, Briana Horwitz, Elizabeth Davis and Thomas D. Lyon

University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Complex Questions Asked by Defense Lawyers but Not Prosecutors Predicts Convictions in Child Abuse Trials

Law & Human Behavior, Forthcoming, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 09-19

Posted: 14 May 2009 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2009

Angela D. Evans, Kang Lee and Thomas D. Lyon

Institute of Child Study (Brock University), Institute of Child Study and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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99.

Maltreated and Nonmaltreated Children's Evaluations of Emotional Fantasy

Child Abuse and Neglect, Forthcoming, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 09-11

Posted: 10 May 2009 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2009

Nathalie Carrick, Jodi Quas and Thomas D. Lyon

California State University, Fullerton, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Young Children's Competency to Take the Oath: Effects of Task, Maltreatment, and Age

Law and Human Behavior, Forthcoming, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 09-12

Posted: 09 May 2009

Thomas D. Lyon, Nathalie Carrick and Jodi Quas

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, California State University, Fullerton and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

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101.

Legal and Psychological Support for the NICHD Interviewing Protocol: Author's Response to Vieth (2008)

Child Abuse & Neglect, Forthcoming, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 09-13

Posted: 09 May 2009 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2010

Thomas D. Lyon, Michael Lamb and John E. B. Myers

University of Southern California Gould School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law

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102.

Truth Induction in Young Maltreated Children: The Effects of Oath-Taking and Reassurance on True and False Disclosures

USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 08-3, Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol. 32, p. 738, 2008

Posted: 11 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2012

Thomas D. Lyon and Joyce S. Dorado

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - David Geffen School of Medicine

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From Post-Mortems to Preventive Medicine: Next Steps for Research on Child Witnesses

University of Southern California Law Legal Studies Paper No. 06-18, Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 26, No. 3

Posted: 29 Sep 2006

Thomas D. Lyon and Karen J. Saywitz

University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - David Geffen School of Medicine

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104.

Filial Dependency and Recantation of Child Sexual Abuse Allegations

USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 06-19, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Forthcoming

Posted: 29 Sep 2006

Lindsay Malloy, Thomas D. Lyon and Jodi Quas

University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society

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105.

Are Battered Women Bad Mothers? Rethinking the Termination of Abused Women's Parental Rights for Failure to Protect

to appear in H. Dubowitz, ed., NEGLECTED CHILDREN: RESEARCH, PRACTICE AND POLICY

Posted: 08 Feb 1998

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Thomas D. Lyon

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Chair in Law and Psychology

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