Memory and testimony in the child witness

Abstract

Introduction - Maria S Zaragoza PART ONE: APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN'S EYEWITNESS MEMORY Introduction - Sean M Lane Content, Consistency and Coherence of Early Autobiographical Recall - Robyn Fivush and Jennifer Shukat Tell Me Again and Again - Debra Ann Poole and Lawrence T White Stability and Change in the Repeated Testimonies of Children and Adults Effects of Timing and Type of Questioning on Eyewitness Accuracy and Suggestibility - Amye R Warren and Peggy Lane How Shall a Thing be Coded? Implications of the Use of Alternative Procedures for Scoring Children's Verbal Reports - Lynne Baker-Ward et al Aware and Unaware Uses of Memories of Postevent Suggestions - D Stephen Lindsay, Valerie Gonzales and Karen Eso PART TWO: IMPROVING CHILDREN'S TESTIMONY Introduction - Jennifer K Ackil Improving Children's Testimony - Karen J Saywitz The Question, the Answer and the Environment Improving Eyewitness Testimony with the Cognitive Interview - Ronald P Fisher and Michelle McCauley The Use of Dolls in Interviewing Young Children - Judy S DeLoache Innovative Techniques for the Questioning of Child Witnesses Especially Those Who are Young and Those with Learning Disability - Ray Bull PART THREE: SOCIAL POLICY IMPLICATIONS Introduction - Karen L Chambers The Child Witness in the Courtroom - Graham Davies and Helen Westcott Empowerment or Protection? Balancing the Rights of Children and Defendants - Ann E Tobey et al Effects of Closed-Circuit Television of Children's Accuracy and Jurors' Perceptions Children's Testimony - Rhona Flin Psychology on Trial