Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The second edition of Children's Testimony is a fully up-to-date resource for practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts and concerned with children's ability to provide reliable testimony about abuse. Written for both practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts, including investigative interviewers, police officers, lawyers, judges, expert witnesses, and social workers Explores a range of issues involved with children's testimony and their ability to provide reliable testimony about experienced or witnessed events, including abuse Avoids jargon and highly technical language Includes a comprehensive range of contributions from an international group of practitioners and researchers to ensure topicality and relevance

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Contributors(p. ix)
• Series Preface(p. xv)
• Acknowledgements(p. xix)
• 1 Developmentally Sensitive Interviewing for Legal Purposes(p. 1)
• 2 Setting Realistic Expectations: Developmental Characteristics Capacities and Limitations(p. 15)
• 3 The Development of Memory in Childhood(p. 49)
• 4 Assessing the Competency of Child Witnesses: Best Practice Informed by Psychology and Law(p. 69)
• 5 Planning the Interview(p. 87)
• 6 Rapport Building in Investigative Interviews of Children(p. 109)
• 7 Practice Narratives(p. 129)
• 8 Investigating Substantive Issues(p. 147)
• 9 Reviewing the Case (Post-interview)(p. 165)
• 10 Managing Children's Emotional and Clinical Needs(p. 179)
• 11 Training Forensic Interviewers(p. 199)
• 12 The Use of Supplementary Techniques in Forensic Interviews with Children(p. 217)
• 13 Children with Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disorders(p. 251)
• 14 Evidence and Cross-Examination(p. 285)
• 15 Children's Disclosure Statements as Evidence in the United States Legal System(p. 309)
• 16 Consequences of Legal Involvement on Child Victims of Maltreatment(p. 323)
• 17 Expert Testimony(p. 351)
• 18 Relationship between Research and Practice(p. 371)
• 19 Child Protection Considerations in the United States(p. 403)
• 20 Facilitating Effective Participation by Children in the Legal System(p. 423)
• Appendix: The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Protocol: Interview Guide(p. 431)
• Index(p. 449)