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This document is a page from a court transcript dated January 15, 2025, detailing the expert testimony of Dr. Rocchio. Dr. Rocchio, a psychologist, explains the complexities of memory in victims of child sexual abuse, noting how dissociation can lead to remembering peripheral details instead of the abuse itself. The testimony serves to establish Dr. Rocchio's expertise in trauma psychology and introduces the topic of delayed disclosure.
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| Rocchio | Doctor/Psychologist/Witness |
Referenced as Dr. Rocchio, providing expert testimony on memory, trauma, and child abuse.
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Company |
Listed at the bottom of the page, likely the court reporting firm that transcribed the testimony.
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2025-01-15
Dr. Rocchio provides expert testimony during a direct examination in case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE.
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The document is a transcript of a formal question-and-answer session (Q & A), indicating a legal examination of a witness (Dr. Rocchio) by an attorney or other questioner.
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"Alternatively, someone who is dissociating and trying very hard not -- to not think and not attend to what's happening to them, they may have very vivid details of the swirls on the ceiling or the pattern on the wallpaper."Source
— Dr. Rocchio
(Explaining how trauma and dissociation can affect what a person remembers about an abusive event.)
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"So as a psychologist, again, these general principles of memory are part of what I've been trained in throughout my career and, as a trauma psychologist in particular, certainly how individuals talk about their experiences, how they remember what's happened to them and what is typical, in terms of memory."Source
— Dr. Rocchio
(Establishing their expertise and the basis for their testimony on memory and trauma.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 782 Filed 01/15/25 Page 85 of 158 85
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Rocchio - Direct
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Rocchio - Direct
1 A. Sure. If we're talking about child sexual abuse, someone
2 may have attended to the -- and known full well that they were
3 being sexually abused and they may have very clear memory of
4 certain sounds, certain smells, breath, certain physical
5 sensations. Alternatively, someone who is dissociating and
6 trying very hard not -- to not think and not attend to what's
7 happening to them, they may have very vivid details of the
8 swirls on the ceiling or the pattern on the wallpaper.
9 Q. Dr. Rocchio, how do the topics of memory that you just
10 testified about fit into your expertise?
11 A. So as a psychologist, again, these general principles of
12 memory are part of what I've been trained in throughout my
13 career and, as a trauma psychologist in particular, certainly
14 how individuals talk about their experiences, how they remember
15 what's happened to them and what is typical, in terms of
16 memory. Again, what are the general principles about memory is
17 absolutely part of the literature and the research within the
18 field of trauma psychology, as well as psychology generally,
19 more broadly.
20 Q. In your education, did you learn about delayed disclosure?
21 A. We taught -- we learned certainly about how people tell
22 their stories. And certainly when I was trained in assessment
23 techniques, for example, in my training, and I was taught about
24 how to ask about abuse experiences, I was also told, you know,
25 be mindful that if someone answers your questions, this may be
2 may have attended to the -- and known full well that they were
3 being sexually abused and they may have very clear memory of
4 certain sounds, certain smells, breath, certain physical
5 sensations. Alternatively, someone who is dissociating and
6 trying very hard not -- to not think and not attend to what's
7 happening to them, they may have very vivid details of the
8 swirls on the ceiling or the pattern on the wallpaper.
9 Q. Dr. Rocchio, how do the topics of memory that you just
10 testified about fit into your expertise?
11 A. So as a psychologist, again, these general principles of
12 memory are part of what I've been trained in throughout my
13 career and, as a trauma psychologist in particular, certainly
14 how individuals talk about their experiences, how they remember
15 what's happened to them and what is typical, in terms of
16 memory. Again, what are the general principles about memory is
17 absolutely part of the literature and the research within the
18 field of trauma psychology, as well as psychology generally,
19 more broadly.
20 Q. In your education, did you learn about delayed disclosure?
21 A. We taught -- we learned certainly about how people tell
22 their stories. And certainly when I was trained in assessment
23 techniques, for example, in my training, and I was taught about
24 how to ask about abuse experiences, I was also told, you know,
25 be mindful that if someone answers your questions, this may be
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(212) 805-0300
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