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Author(s): Helen L. Westcott, Graham M. Davies, Ray Bull
ISBN(s): 9780470851395, 0470851392
Edition: None
File Details: PDF, 22.70 MB
Year: 2003
Language: english
SKU: EB-1943990 Categories: , Tags: , ,

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ISBN 10:   0471491721

ISBN 13: 978-0471491729

Author: Helen L. Westcott

Children’s Testimony offers a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of issues relating to children’s evidence. Starting with psychological underpinnings and child protection considerations, the reader is taken through a clearly structured and timely collection of chapters from internationally renowned contributors.
Pointers for practitioners are clearly highlighted throughout and a unique, jargon-free glossary of psychological terms encountered in child witness research is included making this a highly practical text.
* An accessible review of existing knowledge and preview of new and recent developments in psychological research and forensic practice
* An outstanding group of international contributors
* Offers a broad scope that considers all the key areas of research and practice

Table of contents: 

PART I: UNDERPINNINGS

  1. The Developmental Foundations of Children’s Testimony
    Author: Karen J. Saywitz

  2. The Cognitive Foundations of Children’s Testimony
    Authors: Lynne Baker-Ward and Peter A. Ornstein

  3. Child Protection Concerns in the Interviewing of Children
    Authors: Marcus Page and Gretchen Precey
    Evaluation of Part I

PART II: MEMORY AND INTERVIEWING

  1. The Development of Autobiographical Memory
    Author: Robyn Fivush
  2. Children’s Memory for Repeated Events
    Authors: Martine Powell and Don Thomson
  3. Monitoring Children’s Sources
    Author: D. Stephen Lindsay
  4. The Construction of False Events in Memory
    Authors: Kathy Pezdek and Tiffany Hinz

PART II: MEMORY AND INTERVIEWING (continued)

  1. Research on Children’s Susceptibility: Implications for the Courtroom and Forensic Interviewing
  2. The Impact of Forensic Interviewing Methods on the Quality of Information Provided by Alleged Child Abuse Victims
  3. How and Why Do Children Respond to Meaningless Questions?
  4. Enhancing Children’s Testimony: How Useful Are Nonverbal Techniques?
  5. Deception in Children: A Literature Review and Its Implications for Children’s Testimony

Evaluation of Part II

PART III: COURT ISSUES

  1. Innovative Procedures for Child Witnesses

  2. New Measures and New Challenges: Children’s Experiences in Courtroom Trials

  1. The German Perspective on Children’s Testimony

  2. Child Witnesses and Oaths

  3. The Experience of Child Witnesses After Court: The Impact of Legal Involvement

  4. Persuasion and Control: The Theory of Cross-Examination as it Relates to Children

  1. What Do Judges Know About Young Witnesses?

  2. Young Witnesses: Still No Justice

PART IV: ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN’S TESTIMONY

  1. Methodological Issues in Research on Children’s Testimony

  2. A Sociological Approach to the Study of Child Witnesses

  3. Remembering Key Points: A Feminist Perspective on Children’s Evidenc

 

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