PSYC 376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Free Recall, Mandatory Retirement, Suggestibility
2 Feb 2017
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The court of law looks for any inconsistencies in their testimonies. The younger the children, the easier it is to manipulate and confuse a child with their testimony. When there is an active court that challenges the decisions in regards to legislation, things will change. Mandatory retirement at age 75 for canadian justices at scc. Individuals close to the child (with precise access to the child) are not allowed to raise the alibi defence will not know the time and date of the said accusation. Death declaration can be admitted as hearsay evidence. Strict corroboration rule should be overturned as it was too restrictive and strict. All children under the age of 14 are testifying as unsworn testimonies [not under oath] Minimize/have no effect on the amount of incorrect information. Use open-ended questions to elicit as much information as possible. Responses to open-ended questions alone will be insufficient. Likely to be incomplete: more focused prompts are likely to be needed.
