Discuss strategies available to investigators in reducing the suggestibility of child witnesses.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:09:21
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 15 pages (3989 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 15 pages (3989 words)
The evidence that a person is able to give, to both investigators of a crime, and in a courtroom is one of the most important aspects of proving an offence has occurred. It is little wonder then that it is of the utmost importance that this evidence is both the truth and an accurate recollection of the events that surround the issue. When dealing with children as witnesses, it is imperative to acknowledge that suggestibility …
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The Suggestibility of Children: Evaluation by Social Scientists (From the Amicus Brief for the Case of State of New Jersey v. Michaels, Presented by Committee of Concerned Social Scientists) from http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mcmartin/suggestibility.html Accessed 4 March 2006
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