RELIABILITY AND CREDIBILITY OF YOUNG CHILDRENS REPORTS - FROM RESEARCH TO POLICY AND PRACTICE

Authors
BRUCK M CECI SJ HEMBROOKE H
Citation
M. Bruck et al., RELIABILITY AND CREDIBILITY OF YOUNG CHILDRENS REPORTS - FROM RESEARCH TO POLICY AND PRACTICE, The American psychologist, 53(2), 1998, pp. 136-151
Citations number
84
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
The American psychologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003066X
Volume
53
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
136 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-066X(1998)53:2<136:RACOYC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
In this article, some issues, concerns, and research regarding the int erviewing of young child witnesses are reviewed. The article focuses o n research on suggestibility and the influence of various interviewing techniques on the reliability and credibility of young children's rep orts. Implications of this research for future research and for policy are discussed.