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Title Children's testimony : a handbook of psychological research and forensic practice / edited by Helen L. Westcott, Graham M. Davies, and Ray H.C. Bull
Published New York : John Wiley, [2002]
©2002

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Description xxxii, 394 pages ; 23 cm
Series Wiley series in the psychology of crime, policing and law
Wiley series in psychology of crime, policing, and law.
Contents Underpinnings. Developmental underpinnings of children's testimony / Karen J. Saywitz -- Cognitive underpinnings of children's testimony / Lynne Baker-Ward & Peter A. Ornstein -- Child protection concerns when questioning children / Marcus Page & Gretchen Precey -- Memory and interviewing. The development of autobiographical memory / Robyn Fivush -- Children's memories for repeated events / Martine Powell & Don Thomson -- Children's source monitoring / D. Stephen Lindsay -- The construction of false events in memory / Kathy Pezdek & Tiffany Hinz -- Children's suggestibility research: implications for the courtroom and the forensic interview / Stephen J. Ceci ... [et al.] -- The effects of forensic interview practices on the quality of information provided by alleged victims of child abuse / Michael E. Lamb ... [et al.] -- How and why do children respond to nonsensical questions? / Amanda Waterman, Mark Blades & Christopher Spencer -- Enhancing children's accounts: how useful are non-verbal techniques? / Margaret-Ellen Pipe, Karen Salmon & Gina K. Priestley -- Deception in children: a literature review and implications for children's testimony / Aldert Vrij -- Court issues. Innovative procedures for child witnesses / Judy Cashmore -- New measures and new challenges: children's experiences of the court process / Amanda Wade -- A German perspective on children's testimony / Günter Köhnken -- Child witnesses and the oath / Thomas D. Lyon -- Child witnesses' experiences post-court: effects of legal involvement / Robin S. Edelstein ... [et al.] -- Persuading and controlling: the theory of cross-examination in relation to children / Emily Henderson -- What do judges know about young witnesses? / Joyce Plotnikoff & Richard Woolfson -- Young witnesses: still no justice / Barbara Esam -- Alternative perspectives on children's testimony. Methodological issues in the study of children's testimony / Brian R. Clifford -- A sociological approach to child witness research / Corinne Wattam -- Remembering the point: a feminist perspective on children's evidence / Liz Kelly
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Electronic version is available via MyiLibrary
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Subject Child witnesses.
Author Bull, Ray.
Davies, Graham, 1943-
Westcott, Helen.
MyiLibrary.
LC no. 2001056780
ISBN 0471491721 cased alkaline paper