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Overview"This is an account of the civil and criminal rules affecting children in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland reviewing them in the light of the findings of psychologists and social scientists and makes proposals for reform. There have been many important developments which include hearsay evidence which has become freely available in civil proceedings involving children in both England and Scotland; videotapes of earlier interviews which have become admissible in criminal proceedings in England; in Scotland the law has been changed to allow the whole of a child's evidence in a criminal case to be taken ahead of trial on commission; there has been a wave of popular concern about ""ritual abuse"" amd among psychologists there is increasing concern about both ""repressed"" and ""implanted"" memories." Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Spencer (Reader in Common Law, Reader in Common Law, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge) , Rhona Flin (Reader in Applied Psychology, Reader in Applied Psychology, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Blackstone Press Ltd Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.687kg ISBN: 9781854312181ISBN 10: 1854312189 Pages: 490 Publication Date: 01 November 1993 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAn outline of the English and Scottich legal systems; the concept of evidence; the competency requirement; the accusatorial system; the rule against hearsay; videotapes; corroboration; expert assistance; a criticism of the basic rules of evidence; a review of the psychological evidence; investigative interviews with children; stress; the evidence of children in other legal systems; proposals for reform.ReviewsThe book is engagingly and fluently written and, for those with an interest in this important contemporary issue, it cannot be too highly recommended. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland `The book is engagingly and fluently written and, for those with an interest in this important contemporary issue, it cannot be too highly recommended.' Journal of the Law Society of Scotland `The book is engagingly and fluently written and, for those with an interest in this important contemporary issue, it cannot be too highly recommended.' Journal of the Law Society of Scotland Author InformationProfessor John Spencer is a Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge and has taught evidence and procedure for many years. Rhona Flin is a research psychologist who has written extensively on the subject of children's evidence. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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