Innovative Procedures for Child Witnesses

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 203-217

  Cashmore, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Court process; Physical assault; Video

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948971020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713679.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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