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
In a dim light: Admissibility of child sexual abuse memories
โ Scribed by Bruce D. Sales; Daniel W. Shuman; Maureen O'Connor
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 566 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0888-4080
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