The Evidence of Children: The Law and the PsychologyThis is an account of the civil and criminal rules affecting children in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland reviewing them in the light of the findings of psychologists and social scientists and makes proposals for reform. There have been many important developments which include hearsay evidence which has become freely available in civil proceedings involving children in both England and Scotland; videotapes of earlier interviews which have become admissible in criminal proceedings in England; in Scotland the law has been changed to allow the whole of a child's evidence in a criminal case to be taken ahead of trial on commission; there has been a wave of popular concern about "ritual abuse" and among psychologists there is increasing concern about both "repressed" and "implanted" memories. |
Contents
Child witnesses who are not victims Children as witnesses to crimes | 3 |
An outline of the English and Scottish legal systems | 14 |
Criminal proceedings in England Criminal proceedings in Scotland Civil | 30 |
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The Evidence of Children: The Law and the Psychology John R. Spencer,Rhona H. Flin Snippet view - 1990 |
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accused admissible admitted adult adversarial system allegations apply behaviour chapter child abuse child sexual abuse child victims child witnesses child's evidence Children Act 1989 children's evidence civil courts Civil Evidence Scotland civil proceedings competency requirement complaint conviction corroboration requirement Court of Appeal courtroom Cr App Crim LR Criminal Justice Act Criminal Procedure Scotland criminal proceedings cross-examination Crown Court defendant England English Evidence Act 1938 evidence at trial evidence of children examination fact false Flin girl give evidence give live evidence given Goodman hearing hearsay evidence hearsay rule Home Office interview judge jurisdictions jury Justice Act 1991 lawyers Lord magistrates matter memory NSPCC oath oral evidence party Pigot Committee police practice proposed prosecution prosecutors provisions psychiatrists psychological psychologists rape reason recent Scotland Scottish Law Commission sexual offences sheriff stress suggest tape testimony unsworn evidence usually video deposition video recording videotape wardship