Child Witnesses and the Oath

Children's Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 245-260

  Lyon, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child witnesses; Developmental psychologists; Middle class homes; Oath taking competence; Parental abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 28944441932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713679.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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