The second edition of "Children's Testimony" is a fully up-to-date resource for practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts and concerned with children's ability to provide reliable testimony about abuse.Written for both practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts, including investigative interviewers, police officers, lawyers, judges, expert witnesses, and social workersExplores a range of issues involved with children's testimony and their ability to provide reliable testimony about experienced or witnessed events, including abuseAvoids jargon and highly technical languageIncludes a comprehensive range of contributions from an international group of practitioners and researchers to ensure topicality and relevance
Language
English
Pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Release
July 05, 2011
ISBN
0470686782
ISBN 13
9780470686782
Children's Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice
The second edition of "Children's Testimony" is a fully up-to-date resource for practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts and concerned with children's ability to provide reliable testimony about abuse.Written for both practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts, including investigative interviewers, police officers, lawyers, judges, expert witnesses, and social workersExplores a range of issues involved with children's testimony and their ability to provide reliable testimony about experienced or witnessed events, including abuseAvoids jargon and highly technical languageIncludes a comprehensive range of contributions from an international group of practitioners and researchers to ensure topicality and relevance