A courtroom for all: Creating child and adolescent-fair courtrooms
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2013
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National Child Protection Training Center
Abstract
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This article outlins how to create child and adolescent fair courtrooms and address issues such as: Who would be a good support person for a young child who has to testify? Are therapy animals allowed as comfort items for a child who is afraid of testifying in court? Can you physically alter the courtroom set up? How can we make the oath more meaningful for the children who testify in our courts? Can the judge order the attorneys to speak and behave in a certain way around children? And how can you help a child that is experiencing difficulty in the courtroom?
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Child development, child witness, Testimony, Courts
Citation
Phillips, A., & Walters, S. (2013). A courtroom for all: Creating child and adolescent-fair courtrooms. National District Attorneys Association.