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Elements of secrecy: Implications for children's testimony

✍ Scribed by Margaret-Ellen Pipe; Dr Gail S. Goodman

Book ID
102775074
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
699 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
0735-3936

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✦ Synopsis

This article reviews studies dealing with children's secrets-i.e., their concealment of information regarding events they have witnessed or been involved in. Potentially important implications for children's testimony are considered.

One of the central issues in the study of child abuse concerns the reliability of children's reports of abusive events. This issue is particularly important in cases of sexual abuse where there are unlikely to be other witnesses, and the child's testimony is the primary evidence. Historically, children have been viewed as unreliable and particularly suggestible witnesses (

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