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Children are frequently called to testify in court in criminal prosecutions, divorce and child custody hearings, dependency abuse proceedings, and other disputes. But is their testimony reliable? This book carefully assesses research on the cognitive capabilities of children as well as the emotional, social, and moral influences that might affect children's potential reliability, and it recommends reforms in American legal processes that will protect...
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"Since the first Master Lectures in Psychology focusing on psychology and law were given more than a decade ago (Scheirer & Hammonds, 1983), interest in using psychological knowledge, and in involving psychologists in the legal process, has continued to grow. It is appropriate, therefore, that another volume in the Master Lecture in Psychology series be devoted to the interface of psychology and law. But in doing so, it was necessary to limit the...
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The very structure of a trial is formidable to adults; to a victimized child, the procedures of our legal system can be overwhelming, even traumatizing. Dziech, an expert on sexual harassment, and Schudson, a judge pioneering new methods in child sex abuse cases, propose gentle, effective means to facilitate children's testimony. Addressing children in nontechnical language, allowing them to demonstrate what happened using dolls or puppets, and permitting...
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