Wailing babies in her wake.
The scientific study of child witnesses has influenced both developmental science and jurisprudence concerning children. Focusing on the author's own studies, 4 categories of research are briefly reviewed: (a) children's eyewitness memory and suggestibility; (b) memory for traumatic events in childhood; (c) disclosure of child sexual abuse; and (d) experiences of child victim/witnesses within the legal system. Implications for psychology and for legal practice are discussed.
Goodman
Gail S
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Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. ggoodman@ucdavis.edu
D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011584:Psychology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology; D013404:Suggestion; D014481:United States