PSYCH 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Behavioural Sciences, Psych, Suggestibility
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Psych 3cc3- chapter 6- child victims and witnesses. History: some early views can be traced back to the salem witch trials in 1692, when children told falsehoods and claimed to have witnessed the defendants perform supernatural feats. In these cases, pre-school victims were not uncommon: powell, murfett and thomson, 2010 notes that in numerous jurisdictions, the police officers were responsible for deciding whether a case would be referred for possible prosecution. The researchers examined the police documentation in 33 cases and conducted an analysis around the themes that emerged on whether a case would move forward for prosecution. In fall, 1991, ms. l. noticed a rash on her 2. 5-year old daughters bottom, ms. l suspected that child abuse had occurred at the babysitting service run by. Linda sterling, after seeing a doctor, it was concluded that the rash was not indicative of child abuse.