Dr David La Rooy
Position | Honorary Senior Research Fellow |
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Department | Department of Psychological Medicine (Dunedin) |
Qualifications | BA MSc PhD |
Research summary | Research in developmental psychology and forensic psychology |
Publications
Nicol, A., Szojka, Z. A., Watkins, C. D., Gabbert, F., & La Rooy, D. (2023). A systematic examination of actor and trainee interviewer behaviour during joint investigative interviewing training. Journal of Police & Criminal Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11896-023-09577-3
Patterson, T., Campbell, A., La Rooy, D., Hobbs, L., Clearwater, K., & Rapsey, C. (2022). Impact, ramifications and taking back control: A qualitative study of male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/08862605221094629
Macleod, E., Hobbs, L., Admiraal, A., La Rooy, D., & Patterson, T. (2022). The use and impact of repeated questions in diagnostic child abuse assessment interviews. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law, 29(3), 364-380. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2021.1910586
Sumampouw, N. E. J., Otgaar, H., La Rooy, D., & de Ruiter, C. (2020). The quality of forensic child interviewing in child sexual abuse cases in Indonesia. Journal of Police & Criminal Psychology, 35, 170-181. doi: 10.1007/s11896-019-09342-5
Szojka, Z. A., Nicol, A., & La Rooy, D. (2020). Narrative coherence in multiple forensic interviews with child witnesses alleging physical and sexual abuse. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34, 943-960. doi: 10.1002/acp.3673
Ridley, A. M., Gabbert, F., & La Rooy, D. J. (Eds.). (2013). Suggestibility in legal contexts: Psychological research and forensic implications. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 237p. doi: 10.1002/9781118432907.fmatter
Edited Book - Research
Mugno, A. P., Malloy, L. C., & La Rooy, D. J. (2017). Interviewing witnesses. In G. M. Davies & A. R. Beech (Eds.), Forensic psychology: Crime, justice, law, interventions. (3rd ed.) (pp. 201-230). Wiley.
Chapter in Book - Research
Nicol, A., La Rooy, D., & Lamb, M. E. (2017). Evidence-based and developmentally appropriate forensic interviewing of children. In L. Dixon, D. F. Perkins, C. Hamilton-Giachritsis & L. A. Craig (Eds.), Wiley handbook of what works in child maltreatment: An evidence-based approach to assessment and intervention in child protection. (pp. 239-257). Wiley.
Chapter in Book - Research
Earhart, B., La Rooy, D., & Lamb, M. (2016). Assessing the quality of forensic interviews with child witnessses. In W. T. O'Donohue & M. Fanetti (Eds.), Forensic interviews regarding child sexual abuse: A guide to evidence-based practice. (pp. 317-335). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-21097-1_18
Chapter in Book - Research
Houston, S., La Rooy, D., & Nicol, A. (2016). Contemporary developments and practices in investigative interviewing of suspects in Scotland. In D. Walsh, G. E. Oxburgh, A. D. Redlich & T. Myklebust (Eds.), International developments and practices in investigative interviewing and interrogation (Vol. 2): Suspects. (pp. 193-203). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
La Rooy, D. J., Ahern, E. C., & Andrews, S. J. (2015). Section 3.3: Developmentally appropriate interviewing of highly vulnerable children: A developmental psychology perspective. In K. Balogh & H. Salaets (Eds.), Children and justice: Overcoming language barriers: Cooperation in interpreter-mediated questioning of minors. (pp. 113-131). Cambridge, UK: Intersentia. [Contribution].
Chapter in Book - Research
La Rooy, D., Heydon, G., Korkman, J., & Myklebust, T. (2015). Interviewing child witnesses. In G. Oxburgh, T. Myklebust, T. Grant & R. Milne (Eds.), Communication in investigative and legal contexts: Integrated approaches from forensic psychology, linguistics and law enforcement. (pp. 57-78). Wiley.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lamb, M. E., Malloy, L. C., Hershkowitz, I., & La Rooy, D. (2015). Children and the law. In R. M. Lerner & M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology and developmental science (Vol. 3): Socioemotional processes. (7th ed.) (pp. 464-512). Wiley.
Chapter in Book - Research
La Rooy, D. J., Brown, D., & Lamb, M. E. (2013). Suggestibility and witness interviewing using the Cognitive Interview and NICHD protocol. In A. M. Ridley, F. Gabbert & D. J. La Rooy (Eds.), Suggestibility in legal contexts: Psychological research and forensic implications. (pp. 197-216). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118432907.ch10
Chapter in Book - Research
Ridley, A. M., Gabbert, F., & La Rooy, D. J. (2013). Suggestibility in legal contexts. In A. M. Ridley, F. Gabbert & D. J. La Rooy (Eds.), Suggestibility in legal contexts: Psychological research and forensic implications. (pp. 217-228). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118432907.ch11
Chapter in Book - Research
Nicol, A., Szojka, Z. A., Watkins, C. D., Gabbert, F., & La Rooy, D. (2023). A systematic examination of actor and trainee interviewer behaviour during joint investigative interviewing training. Journal of Police & Criminal Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11896-023-09577-3
Journal - Research Article
Macleod, E., Hobbs, L., Admiraal, A., La Rooy, D., & Patterson, T. (2022). The use and impact of repeated questions in diagnostic child abuse assessment interviews. Psychiatry, Psychology & Law, 29(3), 364-380. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2021.1910586
Journal - Research Article
Patterson, T., Campbell, A., La Rooy, D., Hobbs, L., Clearwater, K., & Rapsey, C. (2022). Impact, ramifications and taking back control: A qualitative study of male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/08862605221094629
Journal - Research Article
Sumampouw, N. E. J., Otgaar, H., La Rooy, D., & de Ruiter, C. (2020). The quality of forensic child interviewing in child sexual abuse cases in Indonesia. Journal of Police & Criminal Psychology, 35, 170-181. doi: 10.1007/s11896-019-09342-5
Journal - Research Article
Szojka, Z. A., Nicol, A., & La Rooy, D. (2020). Narrative coherence in multiple forensic interviews with child witnesses alleging physical and sexual abuse. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34, 943-960. doi: 10.1002/acp.3673
Journal - Research Article
Brubacher, S. P., Poole, D. A., Dickinson, J. J., La Rooy, D., Szojka, Z. A., & Powell, M. B. (2019). Effects of interviewer familiarity and supportiveness on children's recall across repeated interviews. Law & Human Behavior, 43(6), 507-516. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000346
Journal - Research Article
Otgaar, H., Chan, J. C. K., Calado, B., & La Rooy, D. (2019). Immediate interviewing increases children's suggestibility in the short term, but not in the long term. Legal & Criminological Psychology, 24, 24-40. doi: 10.1111/lcrp.12137
Journal - Research Article
Otgaar, H., La Rooy, D., Horselenberg, R., Herskowitz, I., de Ruiter, C., Blezer, L., … Kollau, R. (2019). Assessing the quality of child investigative interviewing in the Netherlands. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(5), 889-897. doi: 10.1002/acp.3521
Journal - Research Article
Waterhouse, G. F., Ridley, A. M., Bull, R., La Rooy, D. J., & Wilcock, R. (2019). Mapping repeated interviews. Journal of Police & Criminal Psychology, 34, 392-409. doi: 10.1007/s11896-018-9288-7
Journal - Research Article
Böser, U., & La Rooy, D. (2018). Interpreter-mediated investigative interviews with minors: Setting the ground rules. Translation & Interpreting Studies, 13(2), 208-229. doi: 10.1075/tis.00012.bos
Journal - Research Article
Peixoto, C. E., Fernandes, R. V., Almeida, T. S., Silva, J. M., La Rooy, D., Ribeiro, C., … Lamb, M. E. (2017). Interviews of children in a Portuguese special judicial procedure. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 35, 189-203. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2284
Journal - Research Article
Waterhouse, G. F., Ridley, A. M., Bull, R., La Rooy, D., & Wilcock, R. (2016). Dynamics of repeated interviews with children. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30(5), 713-721. doi: 10.1002/acp.3246
Journal - Research Article
Carson, L., & La Rooy, D. (2015). 'Commonsense psychology' is a barrier to the implementation of best practice child interviewing guidelines: A qualitative analysis of police officers' beliefs in Scotland. Journal of Police & Criminal Psychology, 30, 50-62. doi: 10.1007/s11896-013-9139-5
Journal - Research Article
Brubacher, S. P., & La Rooy, D. (2014). Witness recall across repeated interviews in a case of repeated abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 38(2), 202-211. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.06.010
Journal - Research Article
Earhart, B., La Rooy, D. J., Brubacher, S. P., & Lamb, M. E. (2014). An examination of "don't know" responses in forensic interviews with children. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 32, 746-761. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2141
Journal - Research Article
Odinot, G., Memon, A., La Rooy, D., & Millen, A. (2013). Are two interviews better than one? Eyewitness memory across repeated cognitive interviews. PLoS ONE, 8(10), e76305. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076305
Journal - Research Article
Cederborg, A.-C., Hultman, E., & La Rooy, D. (2012). The quality of details when children and youths with intellectual disabilities are interviewed about their abuse experiences. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 14(2), 113-125. doi: 10.1080/15017419.2010.541615
Journal - Research Article
Orbach, Y., Lamb, M. E., La Rooy, D., & Pipe, M.-E. (2012). A case study of witness consistency and memory recovery across multiple investigative interviews. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26(1), 118-129. doi: 10.1002/acp.1803
Journal - Research Article
O'Shea, R. P., Parker, A., La Rooy, D., & Alais, D. (2009). Monocular rivalry exhibits three hallmarks of binocular rivalry: Evidence for common processes. Vision Research, 49(7), 671-681. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.01.020
Journal - Research Article
La Rooy, D., Pipe, M.-E., & Murray, J. E. (2007). Enhancing children's event recall after long delays. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21, 1-17.
Journal - Research Article
La Rooy, D., Pipe, M.-E., & Murray, J. E. (2005). Reminiscence and hypermnesia in children's eyewitness memory. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 90(3), 235-254. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2004.11.002
Journal - Research Article
Pipe, M.-E., Sutherland, R., Webster, N., Jones, C., & La Rooy, D. (2004). Do early interviews affect children's long-term event recall? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 823-839. doi: 10.1002/acp.1053
Journal - Research Article
Brubacher, S. P., Peterson, C., La Rooy, D., Dickinson, J. J., & Poole, D. A. (2019). How children talk about events: Implications for eliciting and analyzing eyewitness reports. Developmental Review, 51, 70-89. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2018.12.003
Journal - Research Other
Otgaar, H., de Ruiter, C., La Rooy, D., Horselenberg, R., Hershkowitz, I., & Geijsen, K. (2019). The burden of proof of the Dutch police: Why the scenario model continues to deliver low-quality child interviews. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(5), 901-903. doi: 10.1002/acp.3541
Journal - Research Other
La Rooy, D., Brubacher, S. P., Aromäki-Stratos, A., Cyr, M., Hershkowitz, I., Korkman, J., … Lamb, M. E. (2015). The NICHD Protocol: A review of an internationally-used evidence-based tool for training child forensic interviewers. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy & Practice, 1(2), 76-89. doi: 10.1108/JCRPP-01-2015-0001
Journal - Research Other