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Irit Hershkowitz

Irit Hershkowitz

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Psychology

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41
Citations
8659
World Ranking
7808
National Ranking
75

Overview

Irit Hershkowitz is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel and has contributed extensively to the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a particular focus on clinical and social psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience. Their research prominently addresses child abuse and trauma, deception detection and forensic psychology, and memory processes and influences.

Hershkowitz's work is frequently published in several academic venues, including:

  • Psychology Public Policy and Law
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • Psychology Crime and Law
  • Child Maltreatment
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities

Notable recent publications by Hershkowitz include:

  • "Allegation rates and credibility assessment in forensic interviews of alleged child abuse victims: Comparing the revised and standard NICHD protocols." (2020) published in Psychology Public Policy and Law
  • "The dynamics of two-session interviews with suspected victims of abuse who are reluctant to make allegations" (2021) published in Development and Psychopathology

These publications investigate forensic interviewing protocols and interview dynamics involving suspected child abuse victims, highlighting both methodological and psychological aspects of these sensitive interactions.

Frequent collaborators include Michael E. Lamb, Yael Karni-Visel, Uri Blasbalg, Henry Otgaar, and Julia Korkman. Collaborative work often intersects with themes of forensic psychology and child maltreatment.

The main topics addressed in Hershkowitz's body of work are:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Deception detection and forensic psychology
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Child Abuse and Related Trauma

In addition to empirical studies, Hershkowitz contributes to broader discussions related to forensic child interviewing protocols and research-based recommendations, as seen in collaborative works published in journals like Psychology Crime and Law.

Best Publications

  • A structured forensic interview protocol improves the quality and informativeness of investigative interviews with children: a review of research using the NICHD Investigative Interview Protocol

    Michael E. Lamb;Yael Orbach;Irit Hershkowitz;Phillip W. Esplin

  • Assessing the value of structured protocols for forensic interviews of alleged child abuse victims.

    Yael Orbach;Irit Hershkowitz;Michael E Lamb;Kathleen J Sternberg

  • Exploring the disclosure of child sexual abuse with alleged victims and their parents.

    Irit Hershkowitz;Omer Lanes;Michael E. Lamb

  • Effects of Investigative Utterance Types on Israeli Children's Responses:

    Michael E. Lamb;Irit Hershkowitz;Kathleen J. Sternberg;Phillip W. Esplin

  • Effects of introductory style on children's abilities to describe experiences of sexual abuse

    Kathleen J. Sternberg;Michael E. Lamb;Irit Hershkowitz;Liora Yudilevitch

  • Trends in children's disclosure of abuse in Israel: A national study

    Irit Hershkowitz;Dvora Horowitz;Michael E. Lamb

  • Victimization of children with disabilities.

    Irit Hershkowitz;Michael E. Lamb;Dvora Horowitz

  • Dynamics of Forensic Interviews with Suspected Abuse Victims Who Do Not Disclose Abuse.

    Irit Hershkowitz;Yael Orbach;Michael E. Lamb;Kathleen J. Sternberg

  • The relation between investigative utterance types and the informativeness of child witnesses

    Kathleen J. Sternberg;Michael E. Lamb;Irit Hershkowitz;Phillip W. Esplin

  • The Effects of Intensive Training and Ongoing Supervision on the Quality of Investigative Interviews With Alleged Sex Abuse Victims

    Michael E. Lamb;Kathleen J. Sternberg;Yael Orbach;Irit Hershkowitz

  • Criterion-Based Content Analysis: A Field Validation Study.

    Michael E. Lamb;Kathleen J. Sternberg;Phillip W. Esplin;Irit Hershkowitz

  • The Development of Communicative and Narrative Skills Among Preschoolers: Lessons From Forensic Interviews About Child Abuse

    Irit Hershkowitz;Michael E. Lamb;Yael Orbach;Carmit Katz

  • Accuracy of investigators' verbatim notes of their forensic interviews with alleged child abuse victims.

    Michael E. Lamb;Yael Orbach;Kathleen J. Sternberg;Irit Hershkowitz

  • Allegation rates in forensic child abuse investigations: Comparing the Revised and Standard NICHD Protocols

    Irit Hershkowitz;Michael E. Lamb;Carmit Katz

  • Investigative interviews of alleged sexual abuse victims with and without anatomical dolls.

    Michael E. Lamb;Irit Hershkowitz;Kathleen J. Sternberg;Barbara Boat

  • The NICHD protocol: a review of an internationally-used evidence-based tool for training child forensic interviewers

    David J. La Rooy;Sonja P. Brubacher;Anu Aromäki-Stratos;Mireille Cyr

  • Improving credibility assessment in child sexual abuse allegations: the role of the NICHD investigative interview protocol.

    Irit Hershkowitz;Sara Fisher;Michael E. Lamb;Dvora Horowitz

  • Does enhanced rapport-building alter the dynamics of investigative interviews with suspected victims of intra-familial abuse?

    Irit Hershkowitz;Michael E. Lamb;Carmit Katz;Lindsay C. Malloy

  • The relationships among interviewer utterance type, CBCA scores and the richness of children's responses

    Irit Hershkowitz;Michael E. Lamb;Kathleen J. Sternberg;Phillip W. Esplin

  • Using a Structured Interview Protocol to Improve the Quality of Investigative Interviews

    Kathleen J. Sternberg;Michael E. Lamb;Phillip W. Esplin;Yael Orbach

  • Tell Me What Happened: Questioning Children about Abuse

    Michael E. Lamb;Deirdre A. Brown;Irit Hershkowitz;Yael Orbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Lamb
Michael E. Lamb University of Cambridge
Kathleen J. Sternberg
Kathleen J. Sternberg National Institutes of Health
Yael Orbach
Yael Orbach National Institutes of Health
Corine de Ruiter
Corine de Ruiter Maastricht University
Allison D. Redlich
Allison D. Redlich George Mason University
Pär Anders Granhag
Pär Anders Granhag University of Gothenburg
Ronald P. Fisher
Ronald P. Fisher Florida International University
Margaret-Ellen Pipe
Margaret-Ellen Pipe City University of New York
Bruno Verschuere
Bruno Verschuere University of Amsterdam
Thomas D. Lyon
Thomas D. Lyon University of Southern California

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