Dr. David La Rooy CPsychol AFBPsS
Chartered Psychologist
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society              

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My practice focuses on forensic interviews with children and guidelines for interviewers. Articles, book chapters and presentations are listed below: email david@larooy.net for reprints and further information. Report dead links (Updated Jan, 2012)

Articles

Gabbert, F. & La Rooy, D. J. (2012). An overview of research and KE on interviewing techniques at University of Abertay Dundee. Scottish Institute for Policing Research Annual Report. PDF

Orbach, Y., Lamb, M. E., La Rooy, D., & Pipe, M-E (2012). A case study of witness consistency and memory recovery across multiple investigative interviews. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26, 118-129. PDF

La Rooy, D., & Lamb, M. E. (2011). What happens when interviewers ask repeated questions in forensic interviews with children alleging abuse? Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 26, 20-25. PDF

La Rooy, D., Lamb, M. E., & Memon, A. (2011) Forensic interviews with children in Scotland: A survey of interview practice among police. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 26, 26-34. PDF

Cederborg, A-C., Hultman, E., & La Rooy, D. (2011). The quality of details when children and youths with intellectual disabilities are interviewed about their abuse experiences. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 1-13. PDF

La Rooy, D. (2011, Autumn). [Review of Involuntary autobiographical memories: An introduction to the unbidden past, by D. Berntsen]. Social Psychological Review, 13, 30-31.

La Rooy, D., & Halley, J. (2010). The quality of joint investigative interviews with children in Scotland.Scots Law Times, 24, 133-137. PDF

Cederborg, A-C., Danielsson, H., La Rooy, D., & Lamb, M. (2009). Repetition of contaminating question types when children and youths with intellectual disabilities are interviewed. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 53, 440-449. PDF

O'Shea, R. P., Parker, A. L., La Rooy, D. J. & Alais, D. (2009).Monocular rivalry exhibits three hallmarks of binocular rivalry: Evidence for common processes. Vision Research, 49, 671-681. PDF

Cederborg, A-C., La Rooy, D., & Lamb, M. (2008). Repeated interviews with children who have intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 21, 103-113. PDF. 

La Rooy, D. & Lamb, M. E. (2008). What happens when young witnesses are interviewed more than once? Forensic Update, 95, 25-28. PDF

La Rooy, D., Pipe, M-E., & Murray, J. E. (2007). Enhancing children’s event recall after long delays. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 21, 1-17. PDF

Roberts, R., Bergström, S., & La Rooy, D. (2007). UK Students and Sex Work: Current knowledge and research issues. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology.17, 141-146. PDF

Roberts, R., Bergström, S., & La Rooy, D. (2007). Sex work and students: An exploratory study. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 31, 323-334.PDF

La Rooy, D. (2007). Think twice. Police Review. 115, 22-23.

La Rooy, D., Pipe, M-E., & Murray, J. E. (2005). Reminiscence and hypermnesia in children’s eyewitness memory. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 90, 235-254.  PDF

Pipe, M-E., Sutherland, R., Webster, N., Jones, C., & La Rooy, D. (2004). Do early interviews affect children’s long-term event recall? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 823-839. PDF

Book Chapters

Malloy, L. C., La Rooy, D. J., Lamb, M. E., & Katz, C. (2011). Developmentally sensitive interviewing for legal purposes. In M. E. Lamb, D. J. La Rooy, L. C. Malloy, & C. Katz (Eds.), Children’s Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice (pp. 1-13). Wiley-Blackwell.

Lamb, M. E., Malloy, L. C., & La Rooy, D. J. (2011). Setting realistic expectations: Developmental characteristics, capacities, and limitations. In M. E. Lamb, D. J. La Rooy, L. C. Malloy, & C. Katz (Eds.), Children’s Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice (pp. 15-48). Wiley-Blackwell.

La Rooy, D. J. Malloy, L. C., & Lamb, M. E. (2011). The development of memory in childhood. In M. E. Lamb, D. J. La Rooy, L. C. Malloy, & C. Katz (Eds.), Children’s Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice (pp. 49-68). Wiley-Blackwell.

Stewart, H., Katz, C., & La Rooy, D. J. (2011). Training forensic interviewers. In M. E. Lamb, D. J. La Rooy, L. C. Malloy, & C. Katz (Eds.), Children’s Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice (pp. 199-216). Wiley-Blackwell.

Malloy, L. C., La Rooy, D. J., & Lamb, M. E. (2011). Facilitating effective participation by children in the legal system. In M. E. Lamb, D. J. La Rooy, L. C. Malloy, & C. Katz (Eds.), Children’s Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice (pp. 423-429). Wiley-Blackwell.

La Rooy, D., & Dando, C. (2010). Witness interviewing. In G. Towl & D. Crighton (Eds.) Forensic Psychology.(pp. 193-209). Wiley. 

La Rooy, D., Lamb, M. E., & Pipe, M-E. (2009). Repeated Interviewing: A critical evaluation of the risks and potential benefits. In K. Kuehnle & M. Connell (Eds.) The Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse Allegations: A Comprehensive Guide to Assessment and Testimony. (pp. 327-361). Wiley. PDF

Conference Presentations 

Nicol, A., La Rooy, D., & Terry, P. (2011, June). Facilitating eyewitness testimony for incidents observed under the influence of alcohol. Paper presented at the iIIRG conference, Dundee, Scotland. 

Odinot, G. Memon A., La Rooy. D., & Millen, A. (2010, June). Eyewitness memory across repeated cognitive interviews: Hypermnesia, reminiscence, consistency and interviewer effects. Paper presented at the European Association of Psychology and Law, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Memon, A. Odinot, G., & La Rooy, D (2010, June). Eliciting new information from eyewitnesses via repeated interviews: how does it impact accuracy and credibility?. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Investigative Interviewers Research Group Conference, Norwegian Police University College, Stavern Conference Centre, Norway.

La Rooy, D., Lamb, M. E., & Memon, A. (2010, June). Forensic interviews with children in Scotland: A survey of interview practices among police. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Investigative Interviewers Research Group Conference, Norwegian Police University College, Stavern Conference Centre, Norway.

Malloy, L. C., (Chair; 2010, March). Cognitive Issues in Children’s Testimony. D. La Rooy (Discussant). Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Vancouver, Canada.

Memon, A., Odinot, G., La Rooy, D., & Millen, A. (2010, March). Eyewitness Memory across repeated Cognitive interviews:  Hypermnesia, reminiscence and interviewer effects. In E. Krackow (Chair), Improving and Evaluating Eyewitness Reports. Symopsium presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, Vancouver, Canada.

La Rooy, D., Katz, C., Malloy, L., & Lamb, M. E. (2009, April). The effectiveness of using multiple interviews. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Investigative Interviewers Research Group Conference, Teesside, UK.

Cederborg, A-C., Danielsson, H., La Rooy, D., & Lamb, M. (2009, March). Repetition of contaminating question types when children and youths with learning disabilities are interviewed. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, TX, USA

La Rooy, D. (2008, October). Repeated questions and repeated interviews in forensic investigations with intellectually disabled victims. In A. Memon & D. Carson, (Chairs), The SIPR Evidence & Investigation Network "Obtaining evidence from vulnerable witnesses" Seminar, Aberdeen, UK.

La Rooy, D. & Lamb, M. E. (2008, March). Question repetition within and across interviews: Current research and methodological issues. Paper resented at the meeting of the International Investigative Interviewers Research Group Conference, Derby, UK.

La Rooy, D., Lamb M. E., & Mcmanamon, C. J. (2008, March). The effects of repeating questions in forensic interviews with children. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, FL, USA

La Rooy, D. (2007, December). Current directions in eyewitness memory: How psychological research helps us understand real cases.  Talk presented at the Psychology 'AS' Level Student Conference, Temple Holborn Viaduct, London, UK.

La Rooy, D., Lamb M. E., & Mcmanamon, C. J. (2007, August). The effects of repeating questions in forensic interviews with children. In A. Memon. (Chair),Eyewitness Testimony: Accuracy, Credibility, Truthfulness. Symposium conducted at the Annual Cognitive Section Conference, Aberdeen, UK.

La Rooy, D. (2007, April). New developments in our understanding of repeated interviews with children. Paper presented at the European Investigative Interviewing Research Group, University of Teesside, UK.

Meluso, A., Thierry, K. L., La Rooy, D. (2007, April). The Effect of Repeated Source Monitoring on Young Children's Discrimination of Real-Life and Story Events. In L. E. Baker-Ward (Chair), Preschool children's event reports: Predicting, increasing, and identifying the provision of accurate information (Student Poster Symposium). Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, MS, USA.

La Rooy, D., Lamb M. E., & Pipe, M-E. (2006, July). Is scepticism about repeated interviewing justified?: What does the research say?. In D. La Rooy. (Chair), Repeated interviews with children. Symposium conducted at the International Investigative Interviewing 2nd Conference, Portsmouth, UK

Orbach, Y., Lamb M.E., La Rooy, D., Pipe, M-E., & Stewart, H. L. (2006, July). A witness to abduction: A case study of repeated interviewing? In D. La Rooy. (Chair), Repeated interviews with children. Symposium conducted at the International Investigative Interviewing 2nd Conference, Portsmouth, UK

La Rooy, D., Corner, K., & Kramolisova-Advani, J. (2006, July). Does information contained in misleading yes/no questions become incorporated into children’s free recall in repeated interviews? Poster session presented at the International Investigative Interviewing 2nd Conference, Portsmouth, UK

Cederborg, A-C., La Rooy, D., & Lamb, M. E. (2006, March). Repeated interviews about alleged abuse with children who have intellectual disabilities. In M. E. Lamb (Chair), Interviewing children with learning disabilities: Forensic and applied research. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, FL, USA

La Rooy, D. (2005, November). Talking it over, and over, and over: Repeated interviews with young children. Armitage Hall, Rutgers University, NJ, USA.

La Rooy, D., Pipe, M-E., & Murray, J. E. (2005, March). The accuracy of new and repeated information across multiple interviews in children’s eyewitness recall. In M-E. Pipe (Chair), Cuing recall in forensic interviews with children: What works, what doesn’t? Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, CA, USA.

La Rooy, D. Pipe, M-E., & Lamb, M. E. (2005, May). Do repeated suggestive interviews with young children increase suggestibility? Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychology Society, CA, USA.

La Rooy, D., Pipe, M-E., & Murray, J. E. (2005, April). The effect of context reinstatement and open-ended repeated interviewing on children’s memory for events. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, GA, USA.

O'Shea, R. P., & La Rooy, D. (2004, May). Monocular and binocular rivalry with complex images. Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC'04). Dunedin: Department of Psychology, University of Otago, NZ.

La Rooy, D. (2004, May). Repeatedly interviewing children about their experiences. In M. Lamb (Chair), Children’s recall of real world experiences, Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Society, IL, USA.

La Rooy, D. (2004, March). Reminiscence and hypermnesia in children’s eyewitness memory. In M-E. Pipe (Chair), Repeated interviews in forensic contexts. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, AZ, USA.

La Rooy, D. (2002, August). Effects of perfect and imperfect context reinstatement on children’s recall across repeated interviews. In G. White (Chair), Remembering. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the New Zealand Behaviour Analysis Symposium, Otago, NZ.

La Rooy, D., & Pipe, M-E. (2002, March). Perfect and imperfect context reinstatement in children's eyewitness memory. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, MD, USA.

La Rooy, D., & Pipe, M-E. (2002, March). Memory recovery in children: A study of reminiscence and hypermnesia in memory of an event. In M-E Pipe (Chair), Children’s eyewitness testimony/memory. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, TX, USA.

La Rooy, D. (2001, October). Reminiscence and hypermnesia in children's memory 3-years after an event. In H. Cheung (Chair), Cognition and perception. Symposium conducted at the Psychology In-House Convention, Otago, NZ.

Sutherland, R., Webster, N., La Rooy, D., & Pipe M-E. (2001, April). Does the timing of an initial interview affect children’s long-term memory. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, MN,USA