"suggestiability" of child testimony
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Below is a list of suggestibility references that we used at a recent
conference. The list includes people representing a wide variety of
perspectives on these issues, in alphabetical order. Many of these
references relate to the courts and court proceedings and preparation.
Lyn R. Greenberg Ph.D.
12401 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 303
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 399-3684
(310) 399-7154 - fax
SUGGESTED REFERENCES
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children of high-conflict divorce. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Bruck, M. (1998). Reliability and Credibility of Young Children's
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Ceci, S.J. and Friedman, R.D. (2000). The Suggestibility of
Children: Scientific Research and Legal Implications. Cornell Law Review,
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Ceci, S. & Bruck, M.. (1995). Jeopardy in the Courtroom, Washington, D.C.:
American Psychological Association.
Ceci, S. J. and Hembrooke, H. (1998). Expert Witnesses in Child Abuse
Cases: What Can and Should Be Said in Court, Washington, D.C., American
Psychological Association: 1998
Chaffin et al. (1997). School-age Children's Coping with Sexual
Abuse. Abuse Stresses and Symptoms Associated with Four Coping
Strategies. Child Abuse and Neglect, 21, 227-240
Contreras, J., et al (2000). Emotion Regulation as a Mediator of
Associations Between Mother-Child Attachment and Peer Relationships in
Middle Childhood. Journal of Family Psychology, 14, 111-124.
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Adjustment in Adolescence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
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Doris, J., Ed. (1991). The Suggestibility of Children's Recollections:
Implications for Eyewitness Testimony, Washington, D.C., American
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CA: Sage.
Fields, L. and Prinz, R. (1997). Coping and Adjustment During Childhood and
Adolescence. Clinical Psychology Review, 17, 937-976.
Gould, J.W., Ph.D., Conducting Scientifically Crafted Child Custody
Evaluations, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage: 1998
Greenberg, Lyn and Gould, J. (2001). The Treating Expert: A Hybrid Role
with Firm Boundaries. Professional Psychology, Research and Practice (in
press).
Johnston, J. and Roseby, V. (1997). In the Name of the Child. New York: The
Free Press.
Kuehnle, K. (1996). Assessing Allegations of Child Sexual
Abuse. Sarasota, Fla.: Professional Resource Press.
Lamb, Michael E.; Fauchier, Angele (2001). The effects of question type on
self-contradictions by children in the course of forensic
interviews. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 2001 Sep Vol 15(5) 483-491.
Lamb, Michael E.; Garretson, Michelle E. (2003). The effects of interviewer
gender and child gender on the informativeness of alleged child sexual
abuse victims in forensic interviews. Law & Human Behavior. 2003 Apr Vol
27(2) 157-171.
Lyon, T.D. (1999). The New Wave in Children's Suggestibility Research: A
Critique. Cornell Law Review, 84, 1004-1087.
Melton, G., Petrila, J., Poythress, N., & Slobogin, C.
(1997). Psychological Evaluations for the Courts. New York: Guilford,
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Orbach, Yael; Hershkowitz, Irit; Lamb, Michael E.; Esplin, Phillip W.;
Horowitz, Dvora (2000). Assessing the value of structured protocols for
forensic interviews of alleged child abuse victims. Child Abuse & Neglect.
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Orbach, Y. and Lamb, M.E. (2001). The Relationship Between
Within-Interview Contradictions and Eliciting Interviewer
Utterances. Child Abuse and Neglect, in press.
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Children: The Role of Event Plausibility. Child Development, 70, 887-895.
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Poole, D. & Lindsay, D.S., (1998). Assessing the Accuracy of Young
Children's Reports: Lessons From the Investigation of Child Sexual
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Poole, D. & Lamb, M. (1998). Investigative Interviews of
Children. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Poole, D. and Lindsay, D.S. (1998). Children's Suggestibility. In G. S.
Goodman, M.L. Eisen, and J.A. Quas (Eds.), Memory and Suggestibility in the
Forensic Interview. Erlbaum (in press).
Runtz, M. and Schallow, J. (1997). Social Support and Coping Strategies as
Mediators of Adult Adjustment Following Child Maltreatment. Child Abuse and
Neglect, 21. 211-226.
Schuman T., "Allegations of Sexual Abuse", in Stahl, P., Complex Issues in
Child Custody Evaluations. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Shuman, D. and Sales, B. (1998). The Admissibility of Expert Testimony
Based Upon Clinical Judgment and Scientific Research. Psychology, Public
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Spaccarelli, S. and Fuchs, C. (1997). Variability in Symptom Expression
Among Sexually Abused Girls: Developing Multivariate Models. Journal of
Clinical Child Psychology, 26, 24-35.
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