Hearsay versus children's testimony: Effects of truthful and deceptive statements on jurors' decisions

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-401

  Goodman, Gail S ^a,b   Myers, John E B ^c   Qin, Jianjian ^d   Quas, Jodi A ^e   Castelli, Paola ^a   Redlich, Allison D ^f   Rogers, Lisa ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Policy Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^g District Attorney's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Child testimony; Deception; Hearsay; Jurors; Videotape

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COURT; FORGERY; LEGAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORKER; VIDEOTAPE; WITNESS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33747601133     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9009-0     Document Type: Article

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