Adolescent victims and witnesses: disclosures, memory, and suggestibility
Adolescence is a developmental window characterized by growth, change, and vulnerability in multiple domains. Several developmental characteristics of adolescence, both cognitive and socioemotional in nature, increase the likelihood adolescents will come into contact with the legal system as victims...
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| Medienart: | Druck Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2024
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The Oxford handbook of developmental psychology and the law
Jahr: 2024, Seiten: 233-255 |
| Verfügbarkeit prüfen: | HBZ Gateway |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Adolescence is a developmental window characterized by growth, change, and vulnerability in multiple domains. Several developmental characteristics of adolescence, both cognitive and socioemotional in nature, increase the likelihood adolescents will come into contact with the legal system as victims and witnesses and also shape the statements that adolescents provide in legal contexts. This chapter describes how several facets of adolescents’ cognitive (e.g., executive functioning) and socioemotional (e.g., susceptibility to peer influence) development influence their disclosures, memory, and suggestibility. It reviews the current state of knowledge concerning what is known about adolescents’ willingness to share their legally relevant experiences with others (i.e., issues related disclosure) and their ability to do so (i.e., issues related to memory and suggestibility). The chapter closes by discussing recommendations for policy and practice alongside novel or emerging issues regarding adolescents’ involvement in the legal system as victims and witnesses that warrant additional scientific inquiry. |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 249-255 |
| ISBN: | 9780197549513 |
