The author (sociology, Rutgers University) combines discussion of work done on obedience to authority with the literature on suggestibility, to create a third literature. Her aim is to examine children's testimony from several perspectives and to suggest how to increase children's abilities to testify accurately. Coverage includes what children rem

Inaccuracies in Children's Testimony combines the literature on obedience to authority with that on suggestibility to create a third literature. This book examines children's testimony from several perspectives and gives you insightful suggestions for increasing children's abilities to testify accurately about traumatic things that have happened to them. In doing so, you?ll learn how to ensure that those who abuse or sexually exploit children are brought to justice while those falsely accused are adequately protected.How children are questioned to learn what they have witnessed is crucial due...