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Children's Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice
Helen L. Westcott (Editor), Graham M. Davies (Editor), Ray Bull (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-471-49173-6
Paperback
426 pages
November 2002
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  • Author Information
  • Reviews
About the Editors.

About the Contributors.

Foreword.

Preface.

PART I: UNDERPINNINGS.

Developmental Underpinnings of Children's Testimony (K. Saywitz).

Cognitive Underpinnings of Children's Testimony (L. Baker-Ward and P. Ornstein).

Child Protection Concerns When Questioning Children (M. Page and G. Precey).

Review of Part I.

PART II: MEMORY AND INTERVIEWING.

The Development of Autobiographical Memory (R. Fivush).

Childrens' Memories for Repeated Events (M. Powell and D. Thomson).

Children's Source Monitoring (D. Lindsay).

The Construction of False Events in Memory (K. Pezdek and T. Hinz).

Children's Suggestibility Research: Implications for the Courtroom and the Forensic Interview (S. Ceci, et al.).

The Effects of Forensic Interview Practices on the Quality of Information Provided by Alleged Victims of Child Abuse (M. Lamb, et al.).

How and Why Do Children Respond to Nonsensical Questions? (A. Waterman, et al.).

Enhancing Children's Accounts: How Useful Are Non-verbal Techniques? (M.-E. Pipe, et al.).

Deception in Children: A Literature Review and Implications for Children's Testimony (A. Vrij).

Review of Part II:

PART III: COURT ISSUES.

Innovative Procedures for Child Witnesses (J. Cashmore).

New Measures and New Challenges: Children's Experiences of the Court Process (A. Wade).

A German Perspective on Children's Testimony (G. Kohnken).

Child Witnesses and the Oath (T. Lyon).

Child Witnesses' Experiences Post-Court: Effects of Legal Involvement (R. Edelstein, et al.).

Persuading and Controlling: The Theory of Cross-Examination in Relation to Children (E. Henderson).

What Do Judges Know about Young Witnesses? (J. Plotnikoff and R. Woolfson).

Young Witnesses: Still No Justice (B. Esam).

Review of Part III.

PART IV: ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN'S TESTIMONY.

Methodological Issues in the Study of Children's Testimony (B. Clifford).

A Sociological Approach to Child Witness Research (C. Wattam).

Remembering the Point: A Feminist Perspective on Children's Evidence (L. Kelly).

Review of Part IV.

Epilogue.

Glossary.

Index.