Child Witnesses' Experiences Post-Court: Effects of Legal Involvement

Children's Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 261-277

  Edelstein, Robin S ^a   Goodman, Gail S ^a   Ghetti, Simona ^a   Alexander, Kristen Weede ^a   Quas, Jodi A ^b   Redlich, Allison D ^c   Schaaf, Jennifer M ^d   Cordon, Ingrid M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse experiences; Adulthood; Forensic interviews; Legal involvement; Retraumatize children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886001735     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713679.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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