L'audition de mineurs témoins ou victimes

This article presents the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Investigative Interview Protocol (NICHD), which was designed to interview children under twelve years who have witnessed a crime or have been victims of sexual or physical abuse or other forms of maltreatment. The objectives within each of the three phases of the Protocol as well as its structure are presented. The training recommended to promote the learning of the Protocol is then described. This protocol is the most studied for interviewing children in forensic contexts. An important number of studies have been carried out using the Protocol. Thus, the main results of research documenting its structure, its effectiveness in shaping interviewer behavior, increasing the amount and validity of the information gathered and training interviewers are discussed. Based on this review, the NICHD Protocol appears to be the best practice when interviewing children in forensic contexts.