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  • Children as witnesses

    Author(s)
    Poole, Debra Ann
    Brubacher, Sonja P
    Dickinson, Jason J
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Brubacher, Sonja
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    This chapter reviews three knowledge sets that professionals rely on to navigate cases involving child witnesses. The first set includes psychological principles that explain why children’s testimony can be amazingly rich and accurate in some instances and disturbingly inaccurate at other times. The second knowledge set consists of findings about autobiographical recall and suggestibility that describe how developmental principles translate into children’s capabilities and limitations as witnesses. The third knowledge set involves four principles of skilled practice: Expert practice is informed by knowledge of human development, ...
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    This chapter reviews three knowledge sets that professionals rely on to navigate cases involving child witnesses. The first set includes psychological principles that explain why children’s testimony can be amazingly rich and accurate in some instances and disturbingly inaccurate at other times. The second knowledge set consists of findings about autobiographical recall and suggestibility that describe how developmental principles translate into children’s capabilities and limitations as witnesses. The third knowledge set involves four principles of skilled practice: Expert practice is informed by knowledge of human development, embeds testimony in the context of children’s lives, considers the strength of case evidence when making practice decisions, and is guided by standards and evidence-based protocols. Examples for each of these four principles of skilled practice explain how forensic thinking and practice differ from the habits adults acquire in their everyday lives. Experts need a comprehensive, detailed approach to cases involving child witnesses because autobiographical reports are dynamic products of a developing cognitive architecture interacting with a social world.
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    Book Title
    APA handbook of forensic psychology
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1037/14462-001
    Copyright Statement
    Self-archiving is not yet supported by this publisher. Please refer to the publisher's website or contact the author(s) for more information.
    Subject
    Criminology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/399987
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