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Examining children in English High Courts with and without implementation of reforms authorized in Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (2019)
Journal Article

This study examined whether the implementation of Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (1999) improved lawyers' questioning strategies when examining child witnesses in England. The government's Section 28 pilot study involved ju... Read More about Examining children in English High Courts with and without implementation of reforms authorized in Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act.

The disclosure of alleged child sexual abuse: an investigation of criminal court transcripts from Scotland (2018)
Journal Article

This study systematically assessed children’s disclosure processes and lawyers’ questioning about children’s disclosures in the courtroom. We analysed transcripts of 72 trials in which 5- to 17-year-old children testified as alleged victims of sexual... Read More about The disclosure of alleged child sexual abuse: an investigation of criminal court transcripts from Scotland.

Assessing How Child Witnesses Are Questioned in Forensic Contexts Using Quantitative Linguistic Transcript Analysis (2018)
Book

Quantitative linguistic transcript analysis is a popular research method used in the field of forensic interviewing. The present case study describes the use of this method in the context of forensically questioning children about alleged child sexua... Read More about Assessing How Child Witnesses Are Questioned in Forensic Contexts Using Quantitative Linguistic Transcript Analysis.

Children's Uncertain Responses when Testifying about Alleged Sexual Abuse in Scottish Courts: Children's uncertain responses in court (2017)
Journal Article

This study examined the uncertain responses of 56 alleged sexual abuse victims, aged 5–17 years, testifying in Scottish criminal court trials. Don't know/remember ground rules were explained to 38% of the children and each child reported uncertainty... Read More about Children's Uncertain Responses when Testifying about Alleged Sexual Abuse in Scottish Courts: Children's uncertain responses in court.

The structural linguistic complexity of lawyers’ questions and children’s responses in Scottish criminal courts (2017)
Journal Article

In the first study to systematically assess the structural linguistic complexity of lawyers’ questions of children in Scotland, we examined 56 trial transcripts of 5- to 17-year-old children testifying as alleged victims of sexual abuse. Complexity w... Read More about The structural linguistic complexity of lawyers’ questions and children’s responses in Scottish criminal courts.