The Conundrum of Children, Confrontation, and Hearsay

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dc.contributor.authorFriedman, R. D.
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-27T15:52:33Z
dc.date.available2015-01-27T15:52:33Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractThe adjudication of child abuse claims poses an excruciatingly difficult conundrum. The crime is a terrible one, but false convictions are abhorrent. Often the evidence does not support a finding of guilt or innocence with sufficient clarity to allow a decision free of gnawing doubt. In many cases, a large part of the problem is that the prosecution's case depends critically on the statement or testimony of a young child. Even with respect to adult witnesses, the law of hearsay and confrontation is very perplexing, as anyone who has studied American evidentiary law and read Supreme Court opinions on the subject knows. Juxtaposing problems of hearsay and confrontation with those of child sexual abuse yields one of the most intractable problems that a system of criminal justice can face. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationFriedman, R. D. (2002). The Conundrum of Children, Confrontation, and Hearsay. Law and Contemporary Problems, 65(1), 243-255.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1156&context=articles
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2118
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLaw and Contemporary Problemsen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectlawen_US
dc.subjectcourten_US
dc.subjectreviewen_US
dc.subjecttestimonyen_US
dc.subjectchild witnessen_US
dc.titleThe Conundrum of Children, Confrontation, and Hearsayen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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