1st Edition
Inaccuracies in Children's Testimony Memory, Suggestibility, or Obedience to Authority?
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
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Inaccuracies in Children’s Testimony combines the literature on obedience to authority with that on suggestibility to create a third literature. This book examines children’s testimony from several perspectives and gives you insightful suggestions for increasing children’s abilities to testify accurately about traumatic things that have happened to them. In doing so, you’ll learn how to ensure... Read more
Contents
Preface
- Children’s Memory in the Courtroom: What Do Children Remember?
- The Effects of Stress, Prompting, and Imagination on Children’s Recall
- Suggestibility: Is the Witness Telling the Truth or Reacting to Suggestion?
- Realities in the Research on Children’s Suggestibility: Criticisms, Increasing Accuracy, and Situational Sources
- Research on Authority: Can It Help Explain Children’s Testimony?
- Why People Obey--Milgram’s Theory
- Conclusions and Future Directions: How Can We Bolster Children’s Testimony?
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Letitia C Pallone
