Judicial perceptions of child witness competence

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-334

  Cashmore, Judy ^a   Bussey, Kay ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COURT; LAW; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; WITNESS;

EID: 0030017332     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01499026     Document Type: Article

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