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In legal proceedings, determination of truth is an essential component of true justice. Determining truth requires the careful examination of evidence. However, when the evidence is eyewitness testimony of a child, complex psycho-legal issues are raised: issues of children’s comprehension, competence, accuracy, and emotional resilience, and issues of the legal system’s ability to adapt itself to the needs of children so that truth can be ascertained.
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We thank John E. B. Myers and Annika Melinder for their comments on an earlier draft of this chapter.
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Cordon, I.M., Goodman, G.S., Anderson, S.J. (2003). Children in Court. In: van Koppen, P.J., Penrod, S.D. (eds) Adversarial versus Inquisitorial Justice. Perspectives in Law & Psychology, vol 17. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9196-6_10
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