Dr Kate Chenier
Dr. Kate Chenier has worked for the police in northern Canada since 2006. She completed her PhD in criminology in 2022 from the University of Portsmouth, concentrating on issues surrounding cases of historical child sexual abuse in northern Canada.
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Dr Chenier's research is focused on police interviews with vulnerable clients, cultural considerations for investigative interviewing, sexual assault investigations, and historical child sexual abuse cases.
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Chenier, C. L., Shawyer, A., Williams, A., & Milne, R. (2024). Historical child sexual abuse cases reported to the police by Indigenous adults in a northern Canadian territory: An exploration of factors affecting the likelihood of charges and convictions. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2024.2331146
Chenier, K., Shawyer, A., Milne, R., & Williams, A. (2022). Police interviews with adult reporters of historical child sexual abuse: Exploring the link between rapport and information obtained. Child Abuse and Neglect, 134, Article 105943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105943
Chenier, K., Milne, R., Smith, K., & Snook, B. (2021). Interviewing adult complainants in sexual assault cases. In N. Deslaurier-Varin & C. Bennell (Eds.), Criminal investigations of sexual offenses: Investigational techniques and operational challenges, (pp. 67-84). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79968-7_6
Chenier, K., Shawyer, A., Williams, A., & Milne, R. (2021). ‘Cold feet’: The attrition of historical child sexual abuse cases reported to the police in a northern Canadian territory. Child Abuse and Neglect, 120, Article 105206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105206
Chenier, K., Milne, R., Shawyer, A., & Snook, B. (2020). Police victim and witness interviewing in a northern Canadian territory: Measuring perceptions and practice. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 37(2), 258-270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-020-09417-8