This is an excellent discussion of various issues associated with the conduct of witness interviews, particularly those of a victim and an accused person. At the same time the author does not conceive of any other witness category, at least nothing that the author believes is important enough to address. For example, there is no systematic treatment of how one might interview a person who was a witness to circumstances surrounding the time and place where someone might allege an event occurred.

In a sense the author might merely be accepting the frequently correct premise that there are seldom witnesses to child sexual abuse, or sexual abuse of any sort. We often hear in sexual harassment cases that it most often devolves to a "she said, he said" situation. However, it is critical that investigators seek witnesses who might have been in the vicinity of an incident to ask such questions as:

What was the victim's demeanor immediately prior to the incident?

What was the victim's demeanor immediately after the incident?

(Same two questions for the accused.)

What do you remember about the victim's appearance?

What do you remember about the accused's appearance?

(Of course, such questions would probably emerge as the natural consequence of slicing the bologna.)

Regardless, this is an excellent discussion that is sure to provide you with some challenging ideas.