Effects of Suggestive Interviewing and Indirect Evidence on Child Credibility in a Sexual Abuse Case
Effects of Suggestive Interviewing and Indirect Evidence on Child Credibility in a Sexual Abuse Case
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暗示性访谈和间接证据对性虐待案件中儿童可信度的影响
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1999
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H. Hosch
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V. A. Tubb;J. Wood;H. Hosch
本研究考察了暗示性提问和间接证据对儿童报告性虐待的可信度的影响。描述猥亵儿童一案审判的书面材料被提交给232名模拟陪审员，他们被要求做出裁决，并对证人的可信度进行评级。当孩子的陈述是由暗示性的提问引出时，模拟陪审员不太可能给被指控的犯罪者定罪，并且认为儿童证人不那么可信、诚实、有能力和聪明。陪审员同样有可能判定孩子的报告是直接在采访记录中提出的，还是通过警察采访者的二手证词间接提出的。研究结果支持了这样一种观点，即暗示性的提问会降低孩子在陪审员眼中的可信度。
The present study examined the effects of suggestive questioning and indirect evidence on the perceived credibility of a child reporting sexual abuse. Written materials describing a trial for indecency with a child were presented to 232 mock jurors, who were asked to render a verdict and rate the credibility of witnesses. When the child's statement was elicited by suggestive questioning, mock jurors were less likely to convict the alleged perpetrator and viewed the child witness as less credible, honest, competent, and intelligent. Jurors were equally likely to convict whether the child's report was presented directly in an interview transcript or indirectly through the secondhand testimony of a police interviewer. The findings support the view that suggestive questioning can lower a child's credibility in the eyes of jurors.