Lina Leander
PhD, Researcher
Area of research
My research concerns various aspects of children's testimonies. More specifically I'm interested in how sexually abused children remember and report about abuse in police interviews, how different factors (e.g., individual, social and situational) affect children's testimonies, and how to conduct investigative interviews with children.
Teaching
I am co-responsible for courses at undergraduate level in Legal and Investigative psychology. Lecture topics include children as witnesses and investigative interviewing.
Selected Publications
Leander, L. (in press). Police interviews with child sexual abuse victims: Patterns of reporting, avoidance and denials. Child Abuse and Neglect.
Leander, L., Granhag, P.A., & Christianson, S.Å. (in press). Children's reports of a verbal sexual abuse: effects of police officers' interviewing style. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law.
Leander, L., & Christianson, S.Å. (2008). Barns minne och berättande. I P.A. Granhag & S.Å. Christianson (Red). Handbok i Rättspsykologi. Stockholm: Libers förlag.
Leander, L., Christianson, S.Å., & Granhag, P.A. (2008). Internet-initiated sexual abuse: Adolescent victims' reports about on- and off-line sexual activities. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22, 1260-1274.
Leander, L., Christianson, S.Å., Svedin, C.G., & Granhag, P.A. (2007). Judges', lay judges' and police officers' beliefs about factors affecting children's testimony about sexual abuse. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and applied, 141, 341-358.
Leander, L., Christianson, S.Å., & Granhag, P.A. (2007). Children's memories and reports: A sexual abuse case study. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 14, 120-129.
Leander, L., Granhag, P.A., & Christianson, S.Å. (2005). Children exposed to obscene phone calls: What they remember and tell. Child Abuse & Neglect, 29, 871-888.
Strömwall, L.A., Bengtsson, L., Leander, L., & Granhag, P.A. (2004). Assessing children's statements: The impact of a repeated experience on CBCA and RM ratings. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 653-668.
