Developmental Underpinnings of Children's Testimony

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-19

  Saywitz, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional maturity; Fingerprints; Legal system; Miscommunication; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948965555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713679.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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