Research interests
Have you ever questioned whether to trust what someone was telling you? In forensic situations such as police interviews, the courtroom, or assessments for out-of-home care, what witnesses have to say can have important consequences. My research specialises in questioning techniques to help interviewers in these situations elicit plentiful and accurate accounts from witnesses. In particular, I focus on the specialist interviewing of children. I also have a keen interest in the interviewing of other vulnerable groups such as adult victims of abuse, people with a disability, and Indigenous Australians. I am passionate about student supervision and greatly enjoy supervising students in these areas.
Units taught
HPS302 Pathways Through Adulthood
HPS206 Introduction to Forensic Psychology
HPS202 Child and Adolescent Development
Publications
Factors influencing the perceived credibility of children alleging physical abuse
M Danby, S Sharman, B Klettke
(2022), Vol. 29, pp. 1-15, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, London, England, C1
M Danby, S Sharman, G Claringbold
(2022), Vol. 36, pp. 460-467, Applied Cognitive Psychology, London, England, C1
S Sharman, M Danby, L Christopoulos
(2022), pp. 1-12, Memory, London, Eng., C1
Testing an Evaluation Tool to Facilitate Police Officers' Peer Review of Child Interviews
M Danby, S Sharman, B Guadagno
(2022), pp. 1-15, Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, Berlin, Germany, C1
Suggestive questions reduce the accuracy of adults' reports about one episode of a repeated event
S Sharman, M Danby
(2022), Psychology, Crime and Law, C1
Laypeople's perceptions of the effects of event repetition, reporting delay, and emotion on children's and adults' memory
M Danby, S Sharman, C van Golde, H Paterson
(2022), Memory, C1
Interviewers' perceptions of interviewing Aboriginal Australian children
M Danby, B Guadagno, S Sharman
(2021), Vol. 22, pp. 1356-1375, Police Practice and Research, C1
Sonja Brubacher, Stefanie Sharman, Nina Westera, Hamida Zekiroski, Meaghan Danby, Martine Powell
(2020), Vol. 31, pp. 814-821, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Abingdon, Eng., C1
The effects of episode similarity on children's reports of a repeated event
M Danby, S Sharman, S Brubacher, M Powell
(2019), Vol. 27, pp. 561-567, Memory, England, C1
Tracking labels for occurrences of alleged child abuse from police interviews to trials
M Danby, B Earhart, S Brubacher, M Powell, J Goodman-Delahunty, N Westera
(2019), Vol. 24, pp. 41-54, Legal and criminological psychology, Chichester, Eng., C1
B Hill, E Kothe, S Currie, M Danby, A Lang, C Bailey, L Moran, H Teede, M North, L Bruce, H Skouteris
(2019), Vol. 14, Preventive Medicine Reports, United States, C1
A Comparison of Responses to Substantive Transition Prompts in Interviews With Children
B Earhart, M Danby, S Brubacher, M Powell, S Sharman
(2018), Vol. 23, pp. 221-225, Child Maltreatment, United States, C1
Children's reasoning about which episode of a repeated event is best remembered
M Danby, S Brubacher, S Sharman, M Powell, K Roberts
(2017), Vol. 31, pp. 99-108, Applied cognitive psychology, London, Eng., C1
M Danby, S Sharman, S Brubacher, M Powell, K Roberts
(2017), Vol. 23, pp. 794-811, Psychology, crime & law, Abingdon, Eng., C1
M Danby, S Brubacher, S Sharman, M Powell
(2017), Vol. 22, pp. 442-454, Legal and criminological psychology, London, Eng., C1
The effects of practice on children's ability to apply ground rules in a narrative interview
M Danby, S Brubacher, S Sharman, M Powell
(2015), Vol. 33, pp. 446-458, Behavioral sciences and the law, Chichester, Eng., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
The Delivery and Evaluation of Child Forensic Interviewing Training for the Northern Territory Police.
Dr Meaghan Danby
Northern Territory Police, Fire & Emergency Services
- 2022: $12,096
- 2021: $7,307
- 2019: $8,250
Prescribed Interviewing Program of Training, Capacity Building and Quality Assurance for South australia Police (SAPOL).
Dr Belinda Guadagno, Dr Meaghan Danby
SA Police
- 2022: $53,038
Supervisions
Elena Gianvanni
Thesis entitled: Psychologists as Expert Witnesses in Australian Courts and Tribunals
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology
Carolina Navarro Medel
Thesis entitled: An Assessment of the Applicability of an Adapted Model of Child Investigative Interviewing in Chile
Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), School of Psychology