Who are we?

We are a service of Dr. Thomas D. Lyon's Child Interviewing Lab at USC's Gould Law School, a nationally-recognized program optimizing protocols for forensic interviewing of abused and neglected children.

What do we do?

The mobileCAC of Los Angeles, Inc. (dba ‘The Mobile Child Interviewing Lab’) conducts legally-defensible, trauma-informed and victim-centered, recorded and transcripted forensic interviews of child abuse victims free of charge to law enforcement detectives, social workers, and county and city attorneys investigating their cases. The testimonies of these young victims are a vital part of the evidence used to prosecute their offenders. We also provide advocacy services to the victims and their non-offending family members.

Cases involving 'in-custody' suspects require timely filings of charges, and the mobile delivery of victim interviews are an efficient way to support them. Services are conveniently delivered at the locations of the requesting agencies to simplify the process, and to expedite and strengthen their cases.

How do we do it?

The forensic interviews and advocacy services we provide are conducted at the requesting agency's own location - the police station, the social worker's or attorney's office or another location (e.g. hospital) using our state-of-the-art mobile or portable interviewing lab services. This approach eliminates the need for detectives investigating cases of child abuse to schedule and coordinate the transportation of victims and their families to separate physical locations to receive these urgent services. It is our intent to make our services as accessible, convenient, comfortable and transparent as possible.