The authors describe a research programme investigating whether psychological evidence about child sexual abuse and child witnesses meets several criteria for admissibility in US courts: (a) general acceptance within the scientiยฎc community, (b) helpfulness to the jury, and (c) whether its probative
Expert psychological testimony in cases of alleged child sexual abuse
โ Scribed by Richard D. McAnulty
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 917 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-0002
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