"DID YOU EVER FIGHT BACK?": Jurors' Questions to Children Testifying in Criminal Trials About Alleged Sexual Abuse

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dc.contributor.authorSt George, S., Garcia-Johnson, A., Denne, E., & Stolzenberg, S. N.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-14T14:36:29Z
dc.date.available2021-09-14T14:36:29Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe current study examined jurors’ questions to children in criminal trials assessing children’s allegations of sexual abuse, demonstrating a new avenue for studying how jurors think about, respond to, and assess evidence. We used qualitative content analysis to examine jurors’ questions to 134, 5- to 17-year-olds alleging sexual abuse in criminal trial testimonies. Five themes emerged: abuse interactions, contextual details of abuse, children’s reactions to abuse, children’s (delayed) disclosure, and case background details. Jurors often ask about abuse dynamics, the context surrounding abuse, and children’s disclosure processes, reflecting common misconceptions about child sexual abuse (CSA), such as whether it is credible to delay disclosure or maintain contact with an alleged perpetrator. This study improves our understanding of how jurors understand and evaluate children’s reports of alleged CSA, suggesting that jurors may struggle to understand children’s reluctance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSt George, S., Garcia-Johnson, A., Denne, E., & Stolzenberg, S. N. (2020). "DID YOU EVER FIGHT BACK?": Jurors' Questions to Children Testifying in Criminal Trials About Alleged Sexual Abuse. Criminal justice and behavior, 47(8), 1032–1054.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7929085/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5217
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCriminal justice and behavioren_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectcourten_US
dc.subjectchild testimonyen_US
dc.subjectjuror's questionsen_US
dc.subjectjury decision-makingen_US
dc.subjectmisconceptionsen_US
dc.title"DID YOU EVER FIGHT BACK?": Jurors' Questions to Children Testifying in Criminal Trials About Alleged Sexual Abuseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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