Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1)

Counteracting deceptive responding in the Finnish Investigative Instrument of Child Sexual Abuse (FICSA)




Julkaisun tekijätAlessandro Tadei, Juulia Haajanen, Johan Pensar, Pekka Santtila, Jan Antfolk

KustantajaROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Julkaisuvuosi2020

JournalJournal of Sexual Aggression

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiJOURNAL OF SEXUAL AGGRESSION

Lehden akronyymiJ SEX AGGRESS

Sivujen määrä12

ISSN1355-2600

eISSN1742-6545

DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2020.1846802

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/51354646


Tiivistelmä
Unfounded child sexual abuse (CSA) allegations take investigative resources from real cases and have detrimental consequences for the people involved. The Finnish Investigative Instrument of Child Sexual Abuse (FICSA) supports investigators by estimating the probability of a CSA allegation being true based on the child's background information. In the current study, we aimed at making FICSA resistant to deception. Two gender-specific questionnaires with FICSA questions and additional "trap" questions were constructed. The trap questions were designed to seem statistically related to CSA although they were not. Combining the answers of 278 real victims and 275 16-year-old students, instructed to simulate being CSA victims, we built a Naive Bayes classifier that successfully separated the two groups (AUC = 0.91 for boys and 0.92 for girls). By identifying false allegations early in the investigation, authorities' resources can be directed towards allegations that are more likely true, effectively helping actual CSA victims.

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