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2001

Criminal Law

Child abuse

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4. Let’S Not Exaggerate The Suggestibility Of Children., Thomas D. Lyon Aug 2001

4. Let’S Not Exaggerate The Suggestibility Of Children., Thomas D. Lyon

Thomas D. Lyon

I’m grateful to Dr. Martindale for introducing the reader to an important and lively debate among practitioners and academics over the relevance of recent research on children’s suggestibility. In my Cornell Law Review article, I argued that the recent research on suggestibility was inspired by highly coercive interviewing techniques in widely publicized cases that are not the norm in child sexual abuse investigations. These techniques include telling children that they have been abused, telling children that a particular person is the abuser, and asking children to imagine details regarding how abuse could have taken place. Moreover, I argued that the …

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Are We Protecting The Wrong Rights?, Jennifer L. Saulino May 2001

Are We Protecting The Wrong Rights?, Jennifer L. Saulino

Michigan Law Review

Elizabeth Bartholet, in her book Nobody's Children, takes a strong step toward beginning a new kind of dialogue about abused and neglected children. She positions herself as a liberal who has come to terms with the fact that traditional liberal ideals are in conflict with the needs of abused and neglected children (p. 5). In doing so, she tries to convince her readers that, regardless of ideology, we all should have a different focus in the area of child abuse and neglect law. She uses Sabrina as one of several examples of how programs for abused and neglected children that …

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Keeping Children Safe: Ojjdp's Child Protection Division, Us Department Of Justice Mar 2001

Keeping Children Safe: Ojjdp's Child Protection Division, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

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The Decline In Child Sexual Abuse Cases, Us Department Of Justice Jan 2001

The Decline In Child Sexual Abuse Cases, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

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Criminal Law: Guilty Of Something: Gilson V. State And The Death Penalty For Omission In Oklahoma, Carla Mullins Jan 2001

Criminal Law: Guilty Of Something: Gilson V. State And The Death Penalty For Omission In Oklahoma, Carla Mullins

Oklahoma Law Review

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6. Reducing Maltreated Children’S Reluctance To Answer Hypothetical Oath-Taking Competency Questions., Thomas D. Lyon, Karen J. Saywitz, Debra Kaplan, Joyce S. Dorado Dec 2000

6. Reducing Maltreated Children’S Reluctance To Answer Hypothetical Oath-Taking Competency Questions., Thomas D. Lyon, Karen J. Saywitz, Debra Kaplan, Joyce S. Dorado

Thomas D. Lyon

Before allowing child witnesses to testify, courts routinely require children to describe what would happen to them if they lied. However, young children often refuse to reason hypothetically if they view the premises as implausible or undesirable, and might be more willing to discuss the consequences of lying if they are asked about another child rather than themselves. On the other hand, children might view themselves as invulnerable to punishment, and therefore believe that whereas other children will be punished for lying, they will not be. In this study, 64 maltreated 5- and 6-year-old children were asked to describe the …

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