Are children reliable witnesses? / Ben F. Cotterill.
Cotterill, Ben F., author.
2022
K2271.5
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Title Are children reliable witnesses? / Ben F. Cotterill.
Author Cotterill, Ben F., author.
ISBN 9783031103827 (electronic bk.)
3031103823 (electronic bk.)
9783031103810
3031103815
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10382-7
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 163 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-10382-7 doi
Call Number K2271.5
Dewey Decimal Classification 347.066083
Summary This book explores practices and influences that can increase or decrease the accuracy of childrens testimonies. If a child falls victim to a crime, or becomes witness to it, they may well be questioned by the police. Perhaps even tasked with selecting a suspect from a line-up. But how reliable can a child be under such strenuous circumstances? Memory mechanisms and general developmental factors behind the capability of child witnesses are outlined, demonstrating their ability to describe or identify. Factors that affect jurors' perception of said children are also looked into in detail. There have been many instances in which poor interviewing practices with children led to false imprisonments. Said occurrences demonstrate how both situational factors and individual differences can potentially compromise childrens eyewitness performance. Based upon what we now understand, can recommendations be made, so that, in a court of law, innocence is the key to achieving justice? Ben F. Cotterill is lecturer in psychology at Clemson University in South Carolina, USA. He completed his doctoral dissertation on how children's temperament relates to their eyewitness performance. Dr. Cotterill's research interests include personality development, the reliability and credibility of eyewitness testimony, and testing police procedures used with children.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1 Introduction
The Scope of Children in the Legal System
An Introduction to the Book Chapters
2 The Witch Hunts
The Salem Witch Trials
Day Care Sexual Abuse Panic
Conclusions
Suggested Further Reading
3 An Introduction to Suggestibility
Case Study
Suggestibility
Historic Views of Suggestibility
Binet
Modern Views of Suggestibility
Source Monitoring
Conclusions
Suggested Further Reading
4 Memory Mechanisms and Developmental Factors of Suggestibility
Memory
Externally Driven and Internally Driven False Memories
Case Study
Henry Otgaars Argument
Age-Related Differences in Memory
Knowledge Differences
Language Differences
Theory of Mind
Own-Age Bias
Social Influences
Other Influences
Childrens Ability to Lie
Conclusions
Suggested Further Reading
5 True Cases of Child Eyewitnesses
Nevis Nursery Case
Devils Dyke Rape Case
Case of Jimmy Guard
Poland Abduction Case
Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart
Murder of Courtney Smith
Disappearance of Maria Ridulph
Conclusions
6 Childrens Describing and Identifying Capabilities
Are Children Capable Witnesses?
Everyday Conversations with Children
Children Answering Nonsensical Questions
Forensically Relevant Conversations with Children
Accuracy of Child Eyewitnesses at Describing
Accuracy of Child Eyewitnesses at Identifying
Conclusions
Suggested Further Reading
7 External Factors of Suggestibility
Question Types
Question Repetition
Delay and Repeated Interviews
Interviewer Bias
Stereotype Induction
Interviewer Status
Emotional Tone
Current Interviewing Formats
Case Study
Case Study: Analysis
Conclusions
Suggested Further Reading
8 Individual Differences Relating to Suggestibility
Interview Extract OneChild A
Interview Extract TwoChild B
Age
Gender
Socioeconomic Status
Cognitive Factors
Temperament
Conclusions
Suggested Further Reading
9 Juror Perceptions
Case Study
Case Study: Analysis
Effects of Witness Age
Effects of Interviewing Technique
Effects of Witness Confidence and Shyness
Juror Gender
Juror Age
Juror Personality
Prosecution of Alleged Child Sexual Abuse
Conclusions
Suggested Further Reading
10 Conclusion.

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