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Scientific, Technical, And Forensic Evidence, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law
Scientific, Technical, And Forensic Evidence, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law
Continuing Legal Education Materials
Materials from the conference on Scientific, Technical, and Forensic Evidence held by UK/CLE in February 2002.
Dangerous Patients: An Exception To The Federal Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege, Huston Combs
Dangerous Patients: An Exception To The Federal Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege, Huston Combs
Kentucky Law Journal
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Child Witness Policy: Law Interfacing With Social Science, Louise E. Graham, Dorothy F. Marsil, Jean Montoya, David Ross
Child Witness Policy: Law Interfacing With Social Science, Louise E. Graham, Dorothy F. Marsil, Jean Montoya, David Ross
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The number of children testifying in court has posed serious practical and legal problems for the judicial system. One problem confronting the courts is how to protect children from experiencing the psychological trauma resulting from a face-to-face confrontation with a defendant who may have physically harmed the child or threatened future harm to the child. Another concern is that this trauma may impair children's memory performance and their willingness to disclose the truth. In response to these concerns, child witness innovations proliferated throughout the United States in the 1980s and 1990s. Among the innovations were: placing a screen between child …