Are Children Reliable Witnesses

Author : Ben F. Cotterill
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031103823
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Are Children Reliable Witnesses? written by Ben F. Cotterill and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-22 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If a child falls victim to a crime, or becomes witness to it, they may well be questioned by the police. Perhaps even tasked with selecting a suspect from a line-up. But how reliable can a child be under such strenuous circumstances? In this book, Dr. Ben Cotterill explores practices and influences that can increase or decrease the accuracy of children’s testimonies. Memory mechanisms and general developmental factors behind the capability of child witnesses are outlined, demonstrating their ability to describe or identify. Factors that affect jurors' perception of said children are also looked into in detail. There have been many instances in which poor interviewing practices with children led to false imprisonments. Said occurrences demonstrate how both situational factors and individual differences can potentially compromise children’s eyewitness performance. Based upon what we now understand, can recommendations be made, so that, in a court of law, innocence is the key to achieving justice?

Author : Stephan J. Ceci
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468463381
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children’s Eyewitness Memory written by Stephan J. Ceci and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lucy S. McGough
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300068573
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Child Witnesses written by Lucy S. McGough and published by . This book was released on 1996-08 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work carefully assesses research on the cognitive capabilities of children in court as well as the emotional, social and moral influences that may affect a child's reliability. It recommends reforms in American legal proceses to protect child witnesses and ensure accurate testimony.

Author : Letitia C Pallone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136375155
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inaccuracies in Children's Testimony written by Letitia C Pallone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inaccuracies in Children’s Testimony combines the literature on obedience to authority with that on suggestibility to create a third literature. This book examines children’s testimony from several perspectives and gives you insightful suggestions for increasing children’s abilities to testify accurately about traumatic things that have happened to them. In doing so, you’ll learn how to ensure that those who abuse or sexually exploit children are brought to justice while those falsely accused are adequately protected. How children are questioned to learn what they have witnessed is crucial due to the effects the questioning sessions may have on their testimonies--improper questioning may lead to inaccurate answers. This is just one of the many areas of children’s testimony covered in Inaccuracies in Children’s Testimony. In each of the chapters you’ll discover new ways for increasing the accuracy and dependability of children’s testimony as you read about: factors that affect children’s testimonies suggestibility--definition and research, including sources of suggestibility how obedience to authority can explain children’s behavior as witnesses children’s memory in the courtroom and what they are able to remember how children’s involvement in the courts can be problematic free versus prompted recall--which is more accurate and why the “worst” method is often used with children Milgram’s theory of obedience to authority tied to children as witnesses review of the literature on the effects of stress, prompting, and imagination on children’s recall ideas for future research Experts in the field of legal testimony, legal personnel, child counselors, psychologists, social workers, and faculty and students of related courses will find Inaccuracies in Children’s Testimony an essential resource for understanding the importance of making the child victim/witness more believable and reliable.

Author : Michael E. Lamb
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119996155
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children's Testimony written by Michael E. Lamb and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Children’s Testimony is a fully up-to-date resource for practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts and concerned with children's ability to provide reliable testimony about abuse. Written for both practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts, including investigative interviewers, police officers, lawyers, judges, expert witnesses, and social workers Explores a range of issues involved with children's testimony and their ability to provide reliable testimony about experienced or witnessed events, including abuse Avoids jargon and highly technical language Includes a comprehensive range of contributions from an international group of practitioners and researchers to ensure topicality and relevance

Author : Stephen J. Ceci
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461388325
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Children’s Testimony written by Stephen J. Ceci and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perspectives on Children's Testimony presents current empirical research on the factors which influence adults' perceptions of the child witness. This volume provides researchers in both the psychological and the criminal justice communities with knowledge about adult beliefs regarding child witnesses, how these beliefs may influence jury verdicts, and the relationship of these perceptions to the credibility and accuracy of children's testimony. A variety of new techniques are employed in assessing adult views of child witnesses. Special features of the volume include: an in-depth treatment of techniques of interviewing child victims of sexual abuse, an examination of children's perceptions and knowledge of the legal system, and critical and theoretical integrations of the original, empirical papers.

Author : Judy Cashmore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780731050529
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evidence of Children written by Judy Cashmore and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Helen L. Westcott
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470851392
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children's Testimony written by Helen L. Westcott and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-11-14 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's Testimony offers a comprehensive and up-to-dateassessment of issues relating to children's evidence. Starting withpsychological underpinnings and child protection considerations,the reader is taken through a clearly structured and timelycollection of chapters from internationally renownedcontributors. Pointers for practitioners are clearly highlighted throughout and aunique, jargon-free glossary of psychological terms encountered inchild witness research is included making this a highly practicaltext. * An accessible review of existing knowledge and preview of new andrecent developments in psychological research and forensicpractice * An outstanding group of international contributors * Offers a broad scope that considers all the key areas of researchand practice

Author : C. J. Brainerd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190288485
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of False Memory written by C. J. Brainerd and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-05 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Findings from research on false memory have major implications for a number of fields central to human welfare, such as medicine and law. Although many important conclusions have been reached after a decade or so of intensive research, the majority of them are not well known outside the immediate field. To make this research accessible to a much wider audience, The Science of False Memory has been written to require little or no background knowledge of the theory and techniques used in memory research. Brainerd and Reyna introduce the volume by considering the progenitors to the modern science of false memory, and noting the remarkable degree to which core themes of contemporary research were anticipated by historical figure such as Binet, Piaget, and Bartlett. They continue with an account of the varied methods that have been used to study false memory both inside and outside of the laboratory. The first part of the volume focuses on the basic science of false memory, revolving around three topics: old and new theoretical ideas that have been used to explain false memory and make predictions about it; research findings and predictions about false memory in normal adults; and research findings and predictions about age-related changes in false memory between early childhood and adulthood. Throughout Part I, Brainerd and Reyna emphasize how current opponent-processes conceptions of false memory act as a unifying influence by integrating predictions and data across disparate forms of false memory. The second part focuses on the applied science of false memory, revolving around four topics: the falsifiability of witnesses and suspects memories of crimes, including false confessions by suspects; the falsifiability of eyewitness identifications of suspects; false-memory reports in investigative interviews of child victims and witnesses, particularly in connection with sexual-abuse crimes; false memory in psychotherapy, including recovered memories of childhood abuse, multiple-personality disorders, and recovered memories of previous lives. Although Part II is concerned with applied research, Brainerd and Reyna continue to emphasize the unifying influence of opponent-processes conceptions of false memory. The third part focuses on emerging trends, revolving around three expanding areas of false-memory research: mathematical models, aging effects, and cognitive neuroscience. False Memory will be an invaluable resource for professional researchers, practitioners, and students in the many fields for which false-memory research has implications, including child-protective services, clinical psychology, law, criminal justice, elementary and secondary education, general medicine, journalism, and psychiatry.

Author : Maria S. Zaragoza
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memory and Testimony in the Child Witness written by Maria S. Zaragoza and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume of carefully edited papers from psychological researchers in the United States and in Great Britain recounts the present state of this work. This is a useful over-view of the subject at today's date." --AR Brownlie in Science & Justice Comprehensive and carefully edited, this insightful volume is a must read for anyone involved with children's testimony. Leading scholars in the field examine and integrate research and practice on assessing and enhancing the quality of eyewitness testimony in children. The first section examines factors that contribute to the accuracy and reliability of such testimony, including the effects of extended delays, repeated questioning, and exposure to leading questions. The second section describes techniques that have been developed to improve the quality of children's testimony, such as anatomical dolls and interviewing techniques, and discusses their empirical and theoretical underpinnings. The final chapter focuses on policy issues, including psychological research to guide legal reform in accommodating child witnesses. Interdisciplinary in nature, Memory and Testimony in the Child Witness should be in the professional toolkit of all psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and attorneys working with children's testimony. It also serves as a text in any graduate level course focusing on eyewitness memory, children's competence as witnesses, or psychology and the law.