Children’s Testimony

The second edition of Children s Testimony is a fully up-to-date resource for practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts and concerned with children's ability to provide reliable testimony about abuse. Written for both practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts, including investigative interviewers, police officers, lawyers, judges, expert witnesses, and social workers Explores a range of issues involved with children's testimony and their ability to provide reliable testimony about experienced or witnessed events, including abuse Avoids jargon and highly technical language Includes a comprehensive range of contributions from an international group of practitioners and researchers to ensure topicality and relevance

The second edition of Children's Testimony is a fullyup-to-date resource for practitioners and researchers working inforensic contexts and concerned with children's ability to providereliable testimony about abuse.* Written for both practitioners and researchers working inforensic contexts, including investigative interviewers, policeofficers, lawyers, judges, expert witnesses, and socialworkers* Explores a range of issues involved with children's testimonyand their ability to provide reliable testimony about experiencedor witnessed events, including abuse* Avoids jargon and highly technical language* Includes a comprehensive range of contributions from aninternational group of practitioners and researchers to ensuretopicality and relevance

Contributors.Series Preface.Acknowledgements.1 Developmentally Sensitive Interviewing for Legal Purposes(Lindsay C. Malloy, David J. La Rooy, Michael E. Lamb, andCarmit Katz).2 Setting Realistic Expectations: Developmental CharacteristicsCapacities and Limitations (Michael E. Lamb, Lindsay C. Malloyand David J. La Rooy).3 The Development of Memory in Childhood (David J. La RooyLindsay C. Malloy, and Michael E. Lamb).4 Assessing the Competency of Child Witnesses: Best PracticeInformed by Psychology and Law (Thomas D. Lyon).5 Planning the Interview (Kevin Smith and RebeccaMilne).6 Rapport Building in Investigative Interviews of Children(Irit Hershkowitz).7 Practice Narratives (Kim P. Roberts, Sonja P. BrubacherMartine B. Powell, and Heather L. Price).8 Investigating Substantive Issues (Yael Orbach andMargaret-Ellen Pipe).9 Reviewing the Case (Post-interview) (Trond Myklebust andGavin E. Oxburgh).10 Managing Children's Emotional and Clinical Needs (KathrynKuehnle and Mary Connell).11 Training Forensic Interviewers (Heather Stewart, CarmitKatz, and David J. La Rooy).12 The Use of Supplementary Techniques in Forensic Interviewswith Children (Deirdre A. Brown).13 Children with Intellectual Disabilities and DevelopmentalDisorders (Lucy A. Henry, Caroline Bettenay, and Daniel P.J.Carney).14 Evidence and Cross-Examination (John R. Spencer).15 Children's Disclosure Statements as Evidence in the UnitedStates Legal System (John E.B. Myers).16 Consequences of Legal Involvement on Child Victims ofMaltreatment (Jodi A. Quas and Mariya Sumaroka).17 Expert Testimony (Bryan Tully).18 Relationship between Research and Practice (Graham M.Davies and Lindsay C. Malloy).19 Child Protection Considerations in the United States(Richard J. Gelles and Rebecca Brigham).20 Facilitating Effective Participation by Children in the LegalSystem (Lindsay C. Malloy, David J. La Rooy, and Michael E.Lamb).Appendix: The National Institute of Child Health and HumanDevelopment (NICHD) Protocol: Interview Guide.Index.