Children's live and videotaped testimonies: how presentation mode affects observers' perception, assessment and memory

Purpose. Children's testimonies can be presented to the court in many different formats, for example, live, videotapes, closed-circuit television (CCTV) or transcripts. However, little is known about how different presentation formats affect the observers' processing of the testimonies. Th...

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Authors: Landström, Sara (Author) ; Granhag, Pär Anders 1964- (Author) ; Hartwig, Maria (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2007
In: Legal and criminological psychology
Year: 2007, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 333-348
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