Unwarranted Assumptions about Children's Testimonial Accuracy.
Annu Rev Clin Psychol
; 3: 311-28, 2007.
Article
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| ID: mdl-17716058
ABSTRACT
We examine eight unwarranted assumptions made by expert witnesses, forensic interviewers, and legal scholars about the reliability of children's eyewitness reports. The first four assumptions modify some central beliefs about the nature of suggestive interviews, age-related differences in resistance to suggestion, and thresholds necessary to produce tainted reports. The fifth unwarranted assumption involves the influence of both individual and interviewer factors in determining children's suggestibility. The sixth unwarranted assumption concerns the claim that suggested reports are detectable. The seventh unwarranted assumption concerns new findings about how children deny, disclose, and/or recant their abuse. Finally, we examine unwarranted statements about the value of science to the forensic arena. It is important not only for researchers but also expert witnesses and court-appointed psychologists to be aware of these unwarranted assumptions.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Rememoração Mental
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Revelação da Verdade
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Psiquiatria Legal
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Entrevistas como Assunto
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Jurisprudência
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Annu Rev Clin Psychol
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos