Add to ORKGThis chapter reviews the ways in which children's sometimes limited imaginative abilities hampers their performance as witnesses in court. Children's resistance to unpleasant hypotheticals undermines their apparent understanding of the truth and lies. Their difficulty with recognizing referential ambiguity leads them to sound incoherent or incomprehensible. Better understanding of children's developmental limitations, improved questioning, and objections to developmentally insensitive questions could improve children's performance. Key Words: hypothetical reasoning, referential ambiguity, the child witness ambit intere La ily sp( unlikt of a cl childi and a age la' of chi prom; childr opme for ho In dren I how r tan...
Child witness suggestibility has received much attention over the last several decades, with the cre...
The testimony of pre-school children is, in many cases, the main and only evidence in criminal proce...
Purpose. This study investigated children's lying and truth-telling competence using developmentally...
Children are often required to testify viva voce in criminal trials. The question arises whether chi...
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Most parents will agree that small children have an uncanny ability of being in strange places at un...
abstract: This study examined the type and frequency of questions asked by attorneys in cases of chi...
Young children are frequently precluded from testifying at trial on the grounds of incompetency beca...
In South Africa children are required to testify under oath or admonition. The shortcomings of the c...
Children's deceptive strategies and cues remains an important issue for researchers to examine given...
Considerable discussion during recent years has focused on ways to increase the reliability of child...
Children can be credible witnesses in court procedures given an adequately conducted forensic interv...
Child witness suggestibility has received much attention over the last several decades, with the cre...
The testimony of pre-school children is, in many cases, the main and only evidence in criminal proce...
Purpose. This study investigated children's lying and truth-telling competence using developmentally...
Children are often required to testify viva voce in criminal trials. The question arises whether chi...
This Essay provides a solution to the conundrum of statements made by very young children and offere...
Children are often legally competent to give eyewitness testimony. In this article, we outline the p...
Children present a special challenge when they become participants in the legal system. Jean Piaget ...
The Canada Evidence Act requires an inquiry to determine whether a child has the requisite moral and...
Most parents will agree that small children have an uncanny ability of being in strange places at un...
abstract: This study examined the type and frequency of questions asked by attorneys in cases of chi...
Young children are frequently precluded from testifying at trial on the grounds of incompetency beca...
In South Africa children are required to testify under oath or admonition. The shortcomings of the c...
Children's deceptive strategies and cues remains an important issue for researchers to examine given...
Considerable discussion during recent years has focused on ways to increase the reliability of child...
Children can be credible witnesses in court procedures given an adequately conducted forensic interv...
Child witness suggestibility has received much attention over the last several decades, with the cre...
The testimony of pre-school children is, in many cases, the main and only evidence in criminal proce...
Purpose. This study investigated children's lying and truth-telling competence using developmentally...