Developmentally sensitive forensic interviewing of preschool children: Some guidelines drawn from basic psychological research

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-145

  Tang, Connie M ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child eyewitnesses; Conceptual development; Forensic interviewing; Language development; Memory development; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745770418     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016806291191     Document Type: Review

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