title: Assessing the veracity of children's testimony.
abstract: This study examines the effects of method of recall on the accuracy of adults' and children's eyewitness accounts. A filmed staged accident was used as test material and subjects questioned immediately after watching the accident. Eight pre-structured questions were asked. Children's representations are often poorly articulated and lack cohesion. Established information-gathering techniques should be tailored to allow children to provide evidence.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Sheehy
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Chapman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D002666:Psychology, Child; D014342:Truth Disclosure