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International perspectives on child abuse and children's testimony : psychological research and law / editors, Bette L. Bottoms, Gail S. Goodman

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Bottoms, Bette L.
Published
Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, [1996]
Copyright Date
©1996
Physical Description
1 online resource (321 pages)
Additional Creators
Goodman, Gail S.
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Contents
International perspectives on child witnesses : an introduction to the issues / Bottoms and Goodman -- Research on children's suggestibility : implications for the investigative interview / Warren and McGough -- Children's testimony in the Netherlands : a study of statement validity analysis / Lamers-Winkelman and Buffing -- Child sexual abuse investigations in Israel / Sternberg, Lamb, and Hershkowitz -- Children and the courts in Canada / Sas, Wolfe, and Gowdey -- The effect of child witness research on legislation in Great Britain / Bull and Davies. -- Children's evidence : Scottish research and law / Flin, Kearney, and Murray -- The child witness and legal reforms in Australia / Shrimpton, Oates, and Hayes -- Accommodating children's testimony : legal reforms in New Zealand / Pipe and Henaghan -- Listening to children in South Africa / Louw and Olivier -- Children's evidence : mandating change in the legal system of Hong Kong / Ho -- Children on the witness stand : the use of expert testimony and other procedural innovations in U.S. child sexual abuse trials / Kovera and Borgida -- A decade of international reform to accommodate child witnesses : steps toward a child witness code / Myers -- Children as witnesses : India is not ready / Segal.
Summary
Child witnesses pose unique challenges to the legal system, and courtrooms are daunting and alien to children. Timely and truly international in scope, this volume focuses on the techniques and procedures used to accommodate child witnesses in legal systems -- and on research investigating the effectiveness and implications of those techniques -- around the world: England, Scotland, The Netherlands, Israel, South Africa, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States and India.
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9781452247977 (electronic bk.)
1452247978 (electronic bk.)
0803956274 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780803956278 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
0803956282 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780803956285 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9781483327501 (ebook)
1483327507
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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