| Description |
xv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Children as Witnesses: Seven Case Descriptions -- Ch. 3. Assessing the Scope and Characteristics of Child Sexual Abuse -- Ch. 4. Defining Memory and Suggestibility -- Ch. 5. Legal and Behavioral Approaches to Children's Suggestibility: 1900-1985 -- Ch. 6. The Recent Past: Changes in Legal and Behavioral Approaches -- Ch. 7. The Architecture of Interviews With Children -- Ch. 8. The Role of Interviewer Bias -- Ch. 9. The Effects of Repeated Questioning -- Ch. 10. Stereotype Induction: A Suggestive Interviewing Technique -- Ch. 11. Other Suggestive Interviewing Techniques -- Ch. 12. The Pros and (Mostly) Cons of Using Anatomically Detailed Dolls -- Ch. 13. The Evidence for Delayed Recall of Childhood Sexual Abuse -- Ch. 14. The Role of Suggestion in Delayed Recall of Child Sexual Abuse -- Ch. 15. Age Differences in the Reliability of Reports -- Ch. 16. Mechanisms That May Account For Age Differences in Suggestibility |
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Ch. 17. Ethical and Professional Issues -- Ch. 18. In Conclusion |
| Summary |
The credibility of children's testimony is a highly debated topic in America's courtrooms, universities, and living rooms. Does the ingenuousness of children assure that their testimony will always be truthful? Or are children easily misled by overzealous investigators and therapists into making untrue allegations? Stephen J. Ceci and Maggie Bruck contend that the truth falls somewhere between these extremes. Using case studies ranging from the Salem Witch Hunt to the Little Rascals Day Care case to illustrate their argument, Jeopardy in the Courtroom draws from the vast corpus of scientific research to clarify what is most relevant for evaluating and understanding children's statements made in the legal arena |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-326) and indexes |
| Notes |
Also issued in print |
| Subject |
Child sexual abuse -- Investigation -- United States.
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Child witnesses -- United States.
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Witnesses -- Psychology.
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Child Abuse, Sexual -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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Expert Testimony.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Author |
Bruck, Maggie.
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| LC no. |
95014433 |
| ISBN |
1557982821 (alk. paper) |
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