Topic: Disclosure

Psychological barriers to fair refugee status determination related to our understanding and expression of gender This chapter outlines & discusses some of the barriers to credibility assessment due to gender, including a consideration of the disclosure of difficult experiences. Herlihy, J. (2014). In E. Arbel, C. Dauvergne & J. Millbank (Eds.), Gender in Refugee Law: From the margins to the centre (pp. 116-137). Abingdon: Routledge.


Refugees' Experiences of Home Office Interviews: A Qualitative Study on the Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information This paper presents the qualitative findings of our study of people's experiences of Home Office interviews. Bögner, D., Brewin,C. & Herlihy, J. (2010). Refugees' Experiences of Home Office Interviews: A Qualitative Study on the Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 36(3) 519-535


Impact of sexual violence on disclosure during Home Office interviews This is a study of the psychological barriers to disclosing sexual violence in a legal interview. Bogner, D., Herlihy, J. and Brewin, C. (2007). The impact of sexual violence on disclosure during Home Office interviews. British Journal of Psychiatry 191 75-81