Courtroom Modifications for Child Witnesses: Law and Science in Forensic Evaluations
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Description
"This book provides a structure for conducting courtroom modification evaluations for allegedly abused child witnesses and for providing related expert testimony. The authors review U.S. laws regarding courtroom modifications for these children, consider the scientific basis for courtroom modifications that implicate the defendant's confrontation right, describe the clinical manifestations of trauma and emotional distress in allegedly abused children that might affect their ability to testify, and assist clinicians in choosing appropriate trauma assessment instruments. They also provide guidelines for the competent conduct of courtroom modification evaluations in the present and recommendations for future directions in research, practice, and policy to ensure fair treatment for both alleged witnesses and defendants in modification hearings."--Jacket.
ISBN
9781433803543, 1433803542
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
American Psychological Association
City
Washington DC
Keywords
Children, Eye Witnesses, Examination, Forensic Science
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Hall, Susan R. and Sales, Bruce Dennis, "Courtroom Modifications for Child Witnesses: Law and Science in Forensic Evaluations" (2008). Faculty Books. 185.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/facultybooks/185