Research has called into question the reliability of eyewitness testimony. Discu

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Research has called into question the reliability of eyewitness testimony. Discuss this in terms of one of the following:

Sometimes the only eyewitness to a crime is a child (as in child abuse). What are the risks of relying on the testimony of a child? What are the risks of disallowing a child's testimony in court? How can we improve the reliability of a child's testimony?

APA guidelines: http://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/child-protection.aspx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zQOlkCd4Eg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yafUmbr5ygw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfzHF59WEJg

Adults may recover memory of abuse after many years. Severe long-term abuse is sometimes repressed into unconscious awareness. Explain the recovered memory controversy. Delineate it's importance. What would you recommend? Suggested links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcFRZsD8DLk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsr1rBVyHeE

Elizabeth Loftus conducted research on eyewitness testimony. Explain some of the problems found with utilizing eyewitnesses in the courtroom. What is a false memory? Evaluate strategies used to compensate for the vulnerability of memory in the crime investigations or the courtroom. Useful link: https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory

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Child protection laws state that the child has a fundamental interest in being protected from abuse and neglect. (APA)

What are the risks of relying on the testimony of a child?

What are the risks of disallowing a child's testimony in court?

How can we improve the reliability of a child's testimony?

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