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Adults Impact on the Reliability and Suggestibility of Children’s Eyewitness Testimony
ISSN: 2616 - 387X
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Adults Impact on the Reliability and Suggestibility of Children’s Eyewitness Testimony
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ICC-0202
Publisher: Prizren Social Science Journal Luan Vardari
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IAA.ZONE/26163838387X
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine the influence of authority on the susceptibility of child witnesses and the reliability of their testimonies. This study, consisting of experimental and control groups, included 20 girls and 20 boys, totalling 40 children. It took place in two phases; an initial phase (“eyewitnessâ€, “post-event interviewâ€) and, one week later, a final phase (“recallâ€). In the individual interviews held with the children, a questionnaire consisting of a free narrative question and 18 open-ended questions was used. The free narrative question asked the children to specify the details they remembered about the animated film. The open-ended questions focused on the events and characters in the film. However, 12 of the open-ended questions could be answered correctly since they were about characters and situations in the film that the children had watched, while six of the questions were trick questions tha...
