The child verbal competence effect in court: A comparative study of field investigative interviews of children in child sexual abuse cases

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-128

  Myklebust, Trond ^a   Bjørklund, Roald A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLICE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Convictions; Court; Investigative interviews; Police; Questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349589794     PISSN: 15444759     EISSN: 15444767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jip.97     Document Type: Article

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