Children as victims, witnesses, and offenders : psychological science and the law /
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| Imprint: | New York : Guilford Press, c2009. |
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| Description: | xv, 412 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7885332 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Children as Victims, Witnesses, and Offenders: An Introduction through Legal Cases
- I. Children as Victims and Witnesses
- 2. Abuse Disclosure: What Adults Can Tell
- 3. Trauma and Memory
- 4. Children's Memory in Forensic Contexts: Suggestibility, False Memory, and Individual Differences
- 5. Child Sexual Abuse Investigations: Lessons Learned from the McMartin and Other Daycare Cases
- 6. Contemporary Child Forensic Interviewing: Evolving Consensus and Innovation Over 25 Years
- 7. Child Victims in Dependency Court
- 8. Child Witnesses in Criminal Court
- 9. Expert Psychological Testimony in Child Sexual Abuse Trials
- 10. Jurors' Perceptions of Children's Eyewitness Testimony
- 11. An International Perspective on Child Witnesses
- 12. Child Victim Research Comes of Age: Implications for Social Scientists, Practitioners, and the Law
- II. Children as Offenders
- 13. How Victims Become Offenders
- 14. Police Interrogation and False Confessions: The Inherent Risk of Youth
- 15. Challenging Juvenile Transfer: Faulty Assumptions and Misguided Policies
- 16. Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Juvenile Justice
- 17. Girl Offenders: Special Issues
- 18. Understanding Adults' Perceptions of Juvenile Offenders
- 19. An International Perspective on Juvenile Justice Issues
- 20. Different Visions of Juvenile Justice
