Affiliation:
1. Monash University, Victoria
Abstract
The importance of child evidence in criminal trials, particularly for child sexual assault, is widely recognised. Legal rules and “common knowledge” treat child evidence as inherently unreliable. However, psychological studies show that children can be good witnesses when their special needs are understood. This has clear implications for legal rules and practices.
Subject
Pathology and Forensic Medicine,Law,Social Psychology
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1. “Trying to Bend the Law to Fit”: Corroboration;Child Witnesses in Twentieth Century Australian Courtrooms;2021