Big girls don't cry: The effect of child witness demeanor on juror decisions in a child sexual abuse trial

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1311-1321

  Golding, Jonathan M ^a   Fryman, Heather M ^a   Marsil, Dorothy F ^a   Yozwiak, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual assault; Demeanor; Victim believability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; SIMULATION; WITNESS;

EID: 0345686413     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.03.001     Document Type: Article

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