The truth and lie story: Developing a tool for assessing child witnesses' ability to differentiate between truth and lies

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-50

  McCarron, Anna Louise ^a   Ridgway, Sue ^b   Williams, Anne ^c  

^a Psychology South Tyneside Hospital South Shields   (United Kingdom)

^b Department Newcastle Local Education Authority ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child witnesses; Interviewing vulnerable witnesses; Truth and lies and achieving best evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849039913     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.832     Document Type: Article

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