Young children's references to temporal attributes of allegedly experienced events in the course of forensic interviews

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1100-1120

  Orbach, Yael ^a   Lamb, Michael E ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; POLICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; TIME PERCEPTION;

AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; POLICE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547181375     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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