My work aims to better understand the factors influencing a child's testimony in a judicial context, as well as the training of investigators in non-suggestive interviews. It also addresses the impact of a child's disclosure of sexual abuse on the child's parent(s) and the ability of the parent(s) to provide support.
Research
Publications
- Cyr, M. (2023). Recueillir la parole de l’enfant témoin ou victime: De la théorie à la pratique (3ème édition). Paris, FR: Dunod éditeurs.
https://www.dunod.com/sciences-humaines-et-sociales/recueillir-parole-enfant-temoin-ou-victime-theorie-pratique-1#:~:text=th%C3%A9ories%20pseudo%2Dscientifiques.-,Le%20t%C3%A9moignage%20d'un%20enfant%20peut%20%C3%AAtre%20contamin%C3%A9%20par%20des,adultes%20sur%20ses%20propres%20souvenirs.
- Cyr, M. (2022). Conducting Interviews with Child Victims of Abuse and Witnesses of Crime: A Practical Guide. London, UK: Routledge (210 pp). ISBN 9781032208039
https://www.routledge.com/Conducting-Interviews-with-Child-Victims-of-Abuse-and-Witnesses-of-Crime/Cyr/p/book/9781032208039
- Larose-Grégoire, E., Cyr, M., & Dion, J. (2022). Dynamique des entrevues auprès des mineurs victimes d’agression. Criminologie, 55(1), 191-214. https://doi.org/10.7202/1089734ar
- Allard-Gaudreau, N., Laforest, M., & Cyr, M. (2021). Les modalités du non-dévoilement dans les récits d'enfants victimes d'agression sexuelle: une étude de l'ellipse narrative. Tranel : Travaux neuchâtelois de linguistique, 75, 1-19. http://www.unine.ch/files/live/sites/tranel/files/Tranel/75/1-19_Allard-Gaudreau%20et%20al.pdf
- Cyr, M., Dion, J., Gendron, A., Powell, M., & Brubacher, S. (2021). A test of three refresher modalities on child forensic interviewers’ posttraining performance. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 27(2), 221-230. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000300
- Cyr, M., Allard, M-A., Fernet, M., & Hébert, M. (2019). Paternal support for child sexual abuse victims: A qualitative study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 95, Article 104049. https://doi.org/10.1016
- Guertin, V., Cyr, M., & Hébert, M. (2019). L’anxiété, la détresse et la douleur ressentie lors de l’examen anogénital chez les enfants présumés victimes d’agression sexuelle. Carnet de notes sur les maltraitances infantiles, 1(8), 30-52. https://doi.org/10.3917/cnmi.191.0030
- Marcil, M-P., Cyr, M., & Dion, J. (2019). Description des lieux lors de l’entrevue d’enquête chez les jeunes victimes d'agression sexuelle. Criminologie, 52(2), 218-238. https://doi.org/10.7202/1065862ar
- McCarthy, A., Cyr, M., Fernet, M., & Hébert, M. (2019). Maternal emotional support following the disclosure of child sexual abuse: A qualitative study. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 28(3), 259-279. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2018.1534919
- Cyr, M., Frappier, J-Y., Hébert, M., Tourigny, M., McDuff, P., & Turcotte, M. (2018). Impact of child sexual abuse disclosure on the health of their non-offending parent: A longitudinal perspective. Journal of Child Custody, 15(2), 147-167.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15379418.2018.1460649