Child witnesses : fragile voices in the American legal system

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Child witnesses : fragile voices in the American legal system

Lucy S. McGough

Yale University Press, c1994

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-330) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This work carefully assesses research on the cognitive capabilities of children in court as well as the emotional, social and moral influences that may affect a child's reliability. It recommends reforms in American legal proceses to protect child witnesses and ensure accurate testimony.

目次

  • The Child Witness Revolution
  • Sensory Capability, Attentiveness and Encoding Experience
  • Confabulation and Trauma
  • Memory and Suggestibility
  • Conscious Deception
  • On the Witness Stand - Competency to Testify and Credibility
  • Civil Proceedings - The Hearsay Rule and Child Witnesses
  • Criminal Prosecutions and the Confrontation Clause
  • Videotaping Children's Accounts
  • Expert Testimony - Assessing a Child's Credibility. Appendices: Proposed Statutes
  • Cases
  • Statutes.

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