Recalling- Children witnesses
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- Created on: 20-04-15 19:38
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- Recalling- Children as Witnesses
- Brigham et al
- Optimum memory function between 20-65 years old
- Found younger children are less reliable witnesses
- Children are more vulnerable to false information or misleading questions than adults
- Source Monitoring Questions
- Ceci- "Source Monitoring Questions can improve child witness testimoney
- SMQ- Questions to check reliability of child's answers by checking where they got the information
- E.g. "Do you recall what happened or did someone tell you?"
- Samuel & Bryant
- Asking a child the same question more than once can confuse them into thinking the 1st answer was wrong
- Language
- Courtroom language is often too complicated for children to understand
- Lawyers often use double negatives
- "Is it not true you were home that night?"
- Goodman and Schaff
- 2 groups of kids aged 5-7
- The other group were asked "The pirate engaged in blowing bubbles didn't he?"
- 1 group were asked "The pirate blew bubbles didn't he?"
- Use of Cognitive Interview
- Holliday
- 9-10 year old's interviewed by CI were less likely to be influenced by misleading info than a standard interview
- Holliday
- Leading Questions
- Children can feel intimidated by interviwer
- How to stop children being mislead:
- Encourage them not to do what adults suggest just to avoid disapproval or to avoid being embarrassed/ rejected
- Explain admitting lack of knowledge/ memory is ok
- Brigham et al
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