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Are children reliable witnesses?
This book explores practices and influences that can increase or decrease the accuracy of childrens testimonies. 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...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2022]
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Series: | Palgrave pivot.
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1 online resource (viii, 163 pages). |
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Online Access: | SpringerLink - Click here for access |
Contents:
- Introduction
- The witch hunts
- An introduction to suggestibility
- Memory mechanisms and developmental factors of suggestibility
- True cases of child eyewitnesses
- Children's describing and identifying capabilities
- External factors of suggestibility
- Individual differences relating to suggestibility
- Juror perceptions
- Conclusion.