Jurors play an essential part in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales (Citizens Information Board, 2017), however research so far highlights that jurors perceptions of a witness can impact their decision making (Peled, Iarocci, & Connolly, 2004). To gain further insight into the impact of these perceptions, specifically in regards to vulnerable witness with autism spectrum condition (ASC), an online study was designed to examine whether these perceptions implicate the witness’s perceived credibility. This study examined whether having the knowledge of the children’s developmental status, impacted the potential jurors decision making in regards to four transcripts they had read; concerning a child being asked to recall events the...
Individuals with a diagnosis of autism are seven times more likely to be represented in criminal jus...
The goal of the present study is to assess the affect testimonial supports have on mock jurors’ perc...
Background and Aims. Autistic children often recall fewer details about witnessed events than typica...
Research suggests that autistic children can provide accurate and forensically useful eyewitness evi...
One-hundred-and-twenty-five mock jurors rated the credibility of video testimony of 17 autistic and ...
One-hundred-and-sixty-one jury-eligible participants read a vignette describing a male who was broug...
The purpose of the current study is to examine the effects of child witnesses with autism spectrum d...
Purpose: This study aims to investigate whether awareness of an ASD diagnostic label, knowledge of p...
Data collection included two distinct groups of participants. (1) Data collected from 202 typically ...
<p>Abstract copyright data collection owner.</p>Data collection included two distinct groups of part...
Research has shown that children with disabilities are much more likely to be abused than their non-...
Background: Although children with intellectual disabilities (ID) often provide accurate witness tes...
Assessing credibility is of importance when deciding the legal outcome of a case. Such an assessment...
Despite a plethora of research examining juror decision making within cases of rape, very few studie...
Children with mental retardation are more likely to be abused than the general population, yet are o...
Individuals with a diagnosis of autism are seven times more likely to be represented in criminal jus...
The goal of the present study is to assess the affect testimonial supports have on mock jurors’ perc...
Background and Aims. Autistic children often recall fewer details about witnessed events than typica...
Research suggests that autistic children can provide accurate and forensically useful eyewitness evi...
One-hundred-and-twenty-five mock jurors rated the credibility of video testimony of 17 autistic and ...
One-hundred-and-sixty-one jury-eligible participants read a vignette describing a male who was broug...
The purpose of the current study is to examine the effects of child witnesses with autism spectrum d...
Purpose: This study aims to investigate whether awareness of an ASD diagnostic label, knowledge of p...
Data collection included two distinct groups of participants. (1) Data collected from 202 typically ...
<p>Abstract copyright data collection owner.</p>Data collection included two distinct groups of part...
Research has shown that children with disabilities are much more likely to be abused than their non-...
Background: Although children with intellectual disabilities (ID) often provide accurate witness tes...
Assessing credibility is of importance when deciding the legal outcome of a case. Such an assessment...
Despite a plethora of research examining juror decision making within cases of rape, very few studie...
Children with mental retardation are more likely to be abused than the general population, yet are o...
Individuals with a diagnosis of autism are seven times more likely to be represented in criminal jus...
The goal of the present study is to assess the affect testimonial supports have on mock jurors’ perc...
Background and Aims. Autistic children often recall fewer details about witnessed events than typica...