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Pediatric and judicial interviews: The place of filmed interviews Volume 24, issue 2, April-May-June 2022

Authors
1 Pédiatre-médecin légiste, Centre Hospitalier Régional d’Orléans, responsable de l’UAPED (Unité d’accueil pédiatrique enfance en danger), 14 avenue de l’hôpital, 45100 Orléans La Source
2 Adjudante formée à l’audition des mineurs victimes, 7 boulevard Marie Stuart, 45000 Orléans
3 Pédiatre-médecin légiste, Centre Hospitalier Régional d’Orléans, responsable de l’UAPED (Unité d’accueil pédiatrique enfance en danger), 14 avenue de l’hôpital, 45100 Orléans La Source
Correspondance : B. Tisseron

The interviews of children who are victims of violence carried out by doctors are never filmed. The children can in certain situations be auditioned by detectives or by policemen, at the police station but also in structures like pediatric child at risk units, hospital facilities. The law requires that auditions must be filmed for sexual facts/sexual assault. But it is recommended that these filmed auditions must be extended to the most serious cases.