Jeopardy in the Courtroom: A Scientific Analysis of Children's Testimony

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The credibility of children's testimony is a highly debated topic in America's courtrooms, universities, and living rooms. Does the ingenuousness of children assure that their testimony will always be truthful? Or are children easily misled by overzealous investigators and therapists into making untrue allegations? Stephen J. Ceci and Maggie Bruck contend that the truth falls somewhere between these extremes. Using case studies ranging from the Salem Witch Hunt to the Little Rascals Day Care case to illustrate ...
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The credibility of children's testimony is a highly debated topic in America's courtrooms, universities, and living rooms. Does the ingenuousness of children assure that their testimony will always be truthful? Or are children easily misled by overzealous investigators and therapists into making untrue allegations? Stephen J. Ceci and Maggie Bruck contend that the truth falls somewhere between these extremes. Using case studies ranging from the Salem Witch Hunt to the Little Rascals Day Care case to illustrate their argument, Jeopardy in the Courtroom draws from the vast corpus of scientific research to clarify what is most relevant for evaluating and understanding children's statements made in the legal arena.

Explores the dynamics of structured & therapeutic interviews w/children/provides incidence statistics/traces research/etc

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  • ISBN-13: 9781557982827
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association
  • Publication date: 8/1/1995
  • Edition description: lst ed
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 336
  • Product dimensions: 7.38 (w) x 10.34 (h) x 1.11 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Ch. 1 Introduction 1
Ch. 2 Children as Witnesses: Seven Case Descriptions 7
Ch. 3 Assessing the Scope and Characteristics of Child Sexual Abuse 21
Ch. 4 Defining Memory and Suggestibility 39
Ch. 5 Legal and Behavioral Approaches to Children's Suggestibility: 1900-1985 47
Ch. 6 The Recent Past: Changes in Legal and Behavioral Approaches 63
Ch. 7 The Architecture of Interviews With Children 75
Ch. 8 The Role of Interviewer Bias 87
Ch. 9 The Effects of Repeated Questioning 107
Ch. 10 Stereotype Induction: A Suggestive Interviewing Technique 127
Ch. 11 Other Suggestive Interviewing Techniques 139
Ch. 12 The Pros and (Mostly) Cons of Using Anatomically Detailed Dolls 161
Ch. 13 The Evidence for Delayed Recall of Childhood Sexual Abuse 187
Ch. 14 The Role of Suggestion in Delayed Recall of Child Sexual Abuse 211
Ch. 15 Age Differences in the Reliability of Reports 233
Ch. 16 Mechanisms That May Account For Age Differences in Suggestibility 253
Ch. 17 Ethical and Professional Issues 269
Ch. 18 In Conclusion 295
References 305
Author Index 327
Subject Index 333
About the Authors 337
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