ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with a review of developments and key issues for training on the Memorandum of Good Practice on Video Recorded Interviews with Child Witnesses for Criminal Proceedings (Home Office, 1992). It goes on to argue that a central but often neglected issue to be addressed on joint training for those interviewing children who may have been abused, is the issue of oppression and power relations. The difficulties of integrating anti-oppressive practice in inter-agency training are considered, with an analysis of the factors contributing to this difficulty. Finally, a framework is offered for understanding and successfully addressing structural and interpersonal oppression in both the training context and in practice. The chapter concludes with concrete and practical examples of how this framework can be built into training.
