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Peer reviewedGoodman, Gail S. – Journal of Social Issues, 1984
Reviews literature on the reliability of children as courtroom witnesses. Analyzes past and present laws governing the acceptability of children's testimony. Discusses psychological research that has challenged the view that children are more suggestible than adults. Gives special attention to studies made in the early 1900s. (KH)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Psychology, Child Responsibility, Children
