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Competent Testimony Requires Competent Interviewers
6th Annual Convention James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award Address Michael E. Lamb, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, delivers his James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award Address, “Children Are Competent Witnesses When Competently Interviewed,”
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From the Mouths of Babes: The Validity of Children’s Testimony
Sometimes, a child is victim and/or the only eyewitness in a court case. How much validity do we ascribe to statements by a four-year-old child? How can we tell if the child was coached to