The Young Eyewitness: How Well Do Children and Adolescents Describe and Identify Perpetrators?

by Joanna Pozzulo

This book summarizes the research on how well children can describe an event and perpetrator, which is a recall task, and how well they can identify the perpetrator in person or in photographs, which is a recognition task.

Every year, numerous crimes involving child eyewitnesses occur. In some cases, children are the only eyewitnesses, which makes their testimony especially critical for solving the cases. But how reliable is child eyewitness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143382292X
• ISBN13: 9781433822926
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"