Children's Suggestibility Research: Implications for the Courtroom and the Forensic Interview

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 117-130

  Ceci, Stephen J ^a   Crossman, Angela M ^a,b   Scullin, Matthew H ^a,c   Gilstrap, Livia ^a   Huffman, Mary Lyn ^a,d  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Courts; Interviewers; Suggestibility; Testimonial competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948966455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713679.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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