Memory and Testimony in the Child Witness

Name: Memory and Testimony in the Child Witness
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ISBN: 9780803955554

ISBN-10: 0803955553

ISBN-13: 9780803955554

Edition: 1994

Authors: Maria S. Zaragoza, John R. Graham, Gordon C. N. Hall, Richard Hirschman, Yossef S. Ben-Porath

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"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…

Book details

List price: $77.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/5/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction




Approaches to Understanding Children's Eyewitness Memory


Introduction



Content, Consistency and Coherence of Early Autobiographical Recall



Tell Me Again and Again



Stability and Change in the Repeated Testimonies of Children and Adults


Effects of Timing and Type of Questioning on Eyewitness Accuracy and Suggestibility



How Shall a Thing be Coded? Implications of the Use of Alternative Procedures for Scoring Children's Verbal Reports



Aware and Unaware Uses of Memories of Postevent Suggestions




Improving Children's Testimony


Introduction



Improving Children's Testimony



The Question, the Answer and the Environment


Improving Eyewitness Testimony with the Cognitive Interview



The Use of Dolls in Interviewing Young Children



Innovative Techniques for the Questioning of Child Witnesses Especially Those Who are Young and Those with Learning Disability




Social Policy Implications


Introduction



The Child Witness in the Courtroom



Empowerment or Protection?


Balancing the Rights of Children and Defendants



Effects of Closed-Circuit Television of Children's Accuracy and Jurors' Perceptions


Children's Testimony



Psychology on Trial