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Title Children and the law : the essential readings / edited by Ray Bull
Published Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001

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Description xiii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Essential readings in developmental psychology
Essential readings in developmental psychology.
Contents Pt. I. Child Victimization. 1. Victimization of Children / David Finkelhor and Jennifer Dziuba-Leatherman. 2. Impact of Sexual Abuse on Children: A Review and Synthesis of Recent Empirical Studies / Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett, Linda Meyer Williams and David Finkelhor. 3. Community-Level Factors and Child Maltreatment Rates / Beth Paterson -- Pt. II. Reliability of Children's Accounts. 4. Reliability and Credibility of Young Children's Reports: From Research to Policy and Practice / Maggie Bruck, Stephen J. Ceci and Helene Hembrooke. 5. Emotion and Memory: Children's Long-Term Remembering, Forgetting, and Suggestibility / Jodi A. Quas, Gail S. Goodman and Sue Bidrose / [et al.]. 6. Assessing the Accuracy of Young Children's Reports / Debra Poole and D. Stephen Lindsay. 7. Eyewitness Identification Accuracy of Children / Joanna D. Pozzulo and Rod Lindsay -- Pt. III. Truth and Lies. 8. Breaking the Mold: A Fresh Look at Children's Understanding of Questions About Lies and Mistakes / Michael Siegal and Candida C. Peterson. 9. Discussing Truth and Lies in Interviews with Children: Whether, Why, and How? / Mary Lyn Huffman, Amye R. Warren and Susan M. Larson -- Pt. IV. Children and the Legal System. 10. Face-to-Face Confrontation: Effects of Closed-Circuit Technology on Children's Eyewitness Testimony and Jurors' Decisions / Gail S. Goodman, Ann E. Tobey and Jennifer M. Batterman-Faunce / [et al.]. 11. When Lawyers Question Children: Is Justice Served? / Nancy W. Perry, Bradley D. McAuliff and Paulette Tam / [et al.] -- Pt V. Children as Perpetrators. 12. The Development of Male Offending: Key Findings from the First Decade of the Pittsburgh Youth Study / Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber / [et al.]. 13. Child and Adolescent Sex Abuse Perpetrators: A Review of the Research Literature / Eileen Vizard, Elizabeth Monck and Peter Misch.a
Summary Growing awareness of children's involvement in crime, whether as victims, witnesses or perpetrators, has given rise to new research into how to treat children in legal settings. This volume brings together thirteen of the most significant recent papers, offering an overview of current knowledge
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Child witnesses.
Forensic psychology.
Interviewing in child abuse.
Author Bull, Ray.
LC no. 2001018138
ISBN 0631226826 hardback alkaline paper
0631226834 paperback alkaline paper