Citation

Montan C, Burgess AW, Grant CA, Hartman CR. J. Fam. Violence 1989; 4(1): 95-103.

Affiliation

Massachusetts Department of Corrections, Bridgewater State State Hospital, 02342 Bridgewater, Massachusetts; School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 19104 Phildelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston College, School of Nursing, 02167 Chestnut Hill, Massachuse

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00985659

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Although efforts for investigating and prosecuting child abuse cases have increased little attention has been paid to juror response to child testimony. This paper, developed as part of a pilot study to test a questionnaire for polling jurors'' opinions in child sexual abuse cases, analyzes a case in which there was a reversal of outcome at retrial. Poll results of the jurors'' opinions suggest the need for testimony from law enforcement and child sexual abuse experts to explain children''s perception, memory, and recall of a reported experience.