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Special Reports & Applied Resources

SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant: 2024 Final Report

Examining the Application of Gladue Factors in Child Maltreatment Cases and Implications for Culturally Diverse Narratives within the Legal System - A Scoping Review

Interviewing Children During COVID-19: a report on a national survey investigating how COVID-19 has impacted child maltreatment frontline workers (CCIRT)

English Report    /    French Report

Forensic Interviewing: A Quick Reference Guide for Interviewing Children

Guide

Receiving a Disclosure of Abuse: A Guide for Educators (CCIRT)

Guide

Non-verbal Witness Evidence Use in Court: A Case Law Review and Summary

Report

Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

1. Giesbrecht, C. J*., Keown, L. A., & Bruer, K. C. (accepted May 2026). Treatment and Recidivism Outcomes for Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review of Typology Research. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. DOI: 10.1177/15248380261451842  [Open Access]

2. Giesbrecht, C. J*., Keown, L. A., & Bruer, K. C. (May 2026). Typologies of Men Who Perpetrate Intimate Partner Violence: A 50-Year Systematic Review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 88, 102157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2026.102157

3. Carr, S. M.*, Wark, A*., & Bruer, K. C. (May 14, 2026). How Consistency and Alleged Perpetrator Relationship Affect Adults’ Credibility and Coaching Judgements in Child Sexual Abuse Cases. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2026.2673334 

4. Carr, S. M. A., & Bruer, K. C. (2026). The repeated suspect effect and child eyewitnesses: Using the multiple independent lineups technique as a source of reflector variables. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000485

5. Schick, K. D., Bruer, K. C., Berens, K. A., Evans, A. D., & Price, H. L. (2026). Predictors of Abuse Duration in In-Person Child Sexual Grooming Cases. Child Maltreatment, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595261425927 [Open Access]

6. Engel, K. M.*, Carr, S. M. A.*, & Bruer, K. C. (2026) Adults’ Perceptions of Child Eyewitness Credibility: Multiple Independent Lineups Technique. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-026-09798-2  [Open Access]

7. Giesbrecht, C. J.* & Bruer, K. C. (2026) The Connection Between Alcohol Use and Social and Cognitive Skills for Men Who Have Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence. Applied Cognitive Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.70171  [Open Access]

8. Bruer, K.C., Oberthier, S.*, & Price, H. L. (2026) Using eyetracking technology to identify looking behaviors in child eyewitnesses. Psychology, Crime, & Law. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2025.2611336

9. Bruer, K. C. & Schick, K.* (2025) Mechanisms of unfamiliar face recognition in children: when and how executive functioning matters. Memory, 34(1), 128-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2025.2596748

10. Bruer, K.C. & Price, H.L. (2025) Seeing Faces Differently: Assessing the Influence of Children's Perceived Similarity on Eyewitness Identification Accuracy. Applied Cognitive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70149  [Open Access]

11. Giesbrecht, C. J*., Keown, L. A., & Bruer, K. C. (2025). A new typology of men who perpetrate intimate partner violence: Differentiating perpetrators based on criminal history and antisocial attitudes. Criminal Justice and Behavior.  http://doi.org/10.1177/00938548251362812  [Open Access]

12. Carr, S. M. A.* & Bruer, K. C. (2025) Multiple independent lineups: a procedure for corroborating eyewitness identification evidence in children.  Psychology, Crime, & Law. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2025.2466079

13. O'Connor, A. M., Gongola, J., Bruer, K. C., Lyon, T. D., & Evans, A. D. (2025) Training Humans to Detect Children's Lies Through Their Facial Expressions. Applied Cognitive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.70024  [Open Access]

14. Bruer, K. C., Carr, S. M. A.*, Schick, K. D.*, & Gerbeza, M.* (2024) Reframing Confidence Instructions to ChildEyewitness Reduces Overconfidence but Does Not Improve Confidence– Accuracy Calibration. Applied Cognitive Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.4258  [Open Access]

15. Carr, S. M. A.*, Williams, S., & Evans, A. E., & Bruer, K. C. (July 2024). Lawyers Rapport Building Practices with Child Witnesses. Child Abuse and Neglect. Volume 154, August 2024, 106937 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106937  [Open Access]

16. Bruer, K.C., Evans, A.D., & Price, H.L. (May 2024). Does Implying Peer Knowledge During an Interview Promote Truthful Disclosures from Peer Disclosure Recipients and Witnesses? Applied Developmental Science, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2024.2353151 

17. Bowns, A. J.*, Giesbrecht, C. J.*, & Bruer, K. C. (2024). How judges in Canadian criminal courts define intimate partner violence. 9(2), 81–86. https://doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.387  [Open Access]

18. Wylie, B., Bruer, K. C., Williams, S., & Evans, A. E. (online first). Lawyer questioning practices in Canadian courtrooms. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000413

19. Baker, M.*, Berens, K. A.*, Giesbrecht, C. J.*, Bruer, K. C., Evans, A. D., Price, H. L., & Williams, S. (2023). “Locked in a Jail Cell in Your Own Home”: Child Maltreatment Investigators’ Perspectives of COVID-19’s Effects on Maltreated Children. Child Maltreatment. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595231221798  [Open Access]

20. Giesbrecht, C.J.*, Berens, K. A*, Baker, M.*, Williams, S., Bruer, K. C., Evans, A.D., & Price, H.L. (March 2023). Working with Child Victims During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Child Maltreatment Investigators’ Experiences. Journal of Forensic Social Work. https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.1936-9298.2023.7.1.91-110   [Open Access]

21. Giesbrecht, C. J.*, Edmonds, T. F*., Bowns, A. J.*, Jason, P.*, & Bruer, K. C. (In press, Dec. 2022). Intervention programs for intimate partner violence: Insights from professionals. Partner Abuse.

22. Bruer, K. C., Williams, S., & Evans, A.D. (2022). Lawyers’ Experience Questioning Children in Canadian Court. Child Abuse and Neglect. Volume 134, 105930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105930  

23. Dykstra, V. D*., Van der Kant, R., Keller, C. E., Bruer, K. C., Price, H. L., & Evans, A. D. (In Press; Oct. 2022). The impact of the consistency of child witness and peer reports on credibility. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

24. Giesbrecht, C. J*., Edmonds, T. F.*, & Bruer, K. C. (2022). A survey of intimate partner violence intervention programs in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canadian Psychology /Psychologie canadienne. Article first published online: October 6, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000348   

25. Williams, S., Bruer, K. C., Evans, A.D., & Price, H. L. (May 2022). COVID-19: A National Canadian Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 on Child Maltreatment Frontline Workers. Accepted with minor revisions to Children and Youth Services Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106492   [Open Access]

26. Baker, M.*, Berens, K. A. *, Williams, S., Bruer, K. C., Evans, A. D., Price, H. L. (2021). The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Work Practice in Canada: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Contexts. Journal of Comparative Social Work, 16(2), 141-171. https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v16i2.382  

27. Dykstra, V. *, Harvey, M. B.*, Bruer, K. C., Price, H. L, & Evans, A. D (2021). To disclose or not to disclose? The influence of consistency and disclosure recipient on perceptions of children’s credibility. Accepted to the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211025021  

28. Harvey, M. B.*, Bruer, K. C., & Price, H. L. (2021). Perceptions of Familiar and Unfamiliar Ear- and Eye-Witnesses. Accepted to Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.  https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2021.1910588  

29. Bruer, K. C., Furlong, M. A. R*., Williams, S., & Evans, A. D. (2021). Adults’ sensitivity to the age-appropriateness of lawyer’s questioning of children in a physical abuse case. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 53(4), 469–479. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000266   

30. Evans, A. D., Dykstra, V*., Bruer, K. C. & Price, H. L. (2021). Lying to Conceal a Group Transgression in Middle- to Late- Childhood. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 67(1), 75-93. https://doi.org/10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.67.1.0075  

31. Price, H. L., Bruer, K. C., Adkins, M. (2020). Using an interactive simultaneous lineup procedure can identify looking behaviour that predicts accuracy in children and adult eyewitnesses. Law and Human Behavior, 44(3), 223-237. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000364

32. Bruer, K. C., Zanette, S., Ding, X., Lyon, T. D., & Lee, K. (2020). Identifying Liars Through Automatic Decoding of Children's Facial Expressions. Child Development; 91(4), e995-e1011. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13336; USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS19-30; USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 19-30. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3449383

33. Price, H. L., Evans, A. D., & Bruer, K. C. (2019). Transmission of children’s disclosures of a transgression from peers to adults. Applied Developmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2019.1586544 

34. Evans, A. D., O’Connor, A.M.*, Bruer, K. C., & Price, H. L. (2019). Children who disclose a minor transgression often neglect disclosing secrecy and coaching. Journal of Applied Development Psychology, 62(2), 199-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2019.03.002

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