Pre-professional mandated reporters' understanding of young children's eyewitness testimony: Implications for training

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1355-1365

  Smith, Maureen C ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Curriculum; Eyewitness testimony; Mandated reporters; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749096193     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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