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This document is a court transcript from January 15, 2025, detailing the direct examination of a witness named Rocchio. Rocchio explains that in clinical settings, it is more effective to use specific behavioral descriptions when asking about sexual assault, rather than using labels like 'rape' or 'abuse'. This is because studies and clinical experience show that individuals may not self-identify with such labels even if they have experienced the described events.
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| Rocchio | Witness |
The person providing answers (A.) during a direct examination.
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Company |
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The document is a transcript of a formal direct examination in a legal setting, with one party asking questions (Q.) and the other providing answers (A.).
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"you have to use behavioral descriptors, because people for a variety of reasons don't necessarily label their experiences as abuse."Source
— Rocchio
(Explaining the methodology for asking individuals about experiences of sexual assault or abuse, contrasting direct questions like 'have you been raped' with descriptions of specific behaviors.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 782 Filed 01/15/25 Page 89 of 158 89
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Rocchio - Direct
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Rocchio - Direct
1 Q. How?
2 A. Through the clinical literature, through the training.
3 Again, if either I'm conducting training and I'm teaching
4 others or I'm participating in the training that's talking
5 about what are some of the common themes and issues and things
6 that you need to deal with in a psychotherapy and clinical and
7 assessment context, we'll often talk about disclosure, and in
8 particular things like, we also know that so many individuals
9 of child sexual abuse but also of rape and sexual assault of
10 all kinds don't necessarily label their experiences as such.
11 So when I'm teaching, or ways that I've been taught and trained
12 is to use behavioral descriptors of what I'm asking about. So,
13 for example, there have been numerous studies that say, you
14 know, if you ask a group of individuals, say college students,
15 have you ever had an experience where someone physically forced
16 you to engage in sexual activity against your will, they'll,
17 you know, a certain percentage of them will say yes. And then
18 if you follow you and say, have you ever been raped, no. So
19 you have to use behavioral descriptors, because people for a
20 variety of reasons don't necessarily label their experiences as
21 abuse. And that's also true with varying kinds of violence as
22 well. Have you been abused, versus, have these behaviors
23 happened to you.
24 Q. Is your clinical experience regarding disclosure consistent
25 or inconsistent with that of other psychologists who treat and
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