Dr Michael Davis
Biography:
Cleo Brandt worked for the Netherlands National Police as an Investigative Psychologist and for Victoria Police’s Family Violence and Crime Commands. Cleo is a long-term member of the Netherlands Expert Committee for Equivocal Sexual Abuse Allegations and is a member of the International Criminal Investigative Analysis Fellowship (ICIAF).
Dr Michael Davis is a is a Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist. He has adjunct appointments at Monash, Melbourne, and Swinburne Universities and is a consultant to Forensicare. He has consulted with police in several countries across three continents and also serves as an Instructor to the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI.
Abstract:
Testimony of vulnerable witnesses can play an important role in sexual abuse cases and there are protocols and procedures for how interviews with such witnesses should be conducted. The execution of these interviews can greatly influence the evidentiary value of the result, with experts often asked to testify on their reliability and/or validity. In this 90 minute practice-oriented presentation we will provide an overview of accepted best practice principles and the use of Video Audio Recorded Evidence (VARE) in Victoria. We will use a recent de-identified case example to highlight some of the issues experts may face.