Setting realistic expectations: developmental characteristics, capacities and limitations

Michael E. Lamb; Lindsay C. Malloy; David J. La Rooy

doi:10.1002/9781119998495.ch2

Setting realistic expectations: developmental characteristics, capacities and limitations

Michael E. Lamb
, Lindsay C. Malloy
, David J. La Rooy

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Children's testimony
Subtitle of host publication	a handbook of psychological research and forensic practice
Editors	Michael E. Lamb, David J. La Rooy, Lindsay C. Malloy, Carmit Katz
Place of Publication	Chichester
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Chapter	2
Pages	15-48
Number of pages	34
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Electronic)	9781119998495
ISBN (Print)	9780470686782, 9780470686775
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119998495.ch2
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011

Publication series

Name	Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Child witnesses
Interviewing in law practice
Setting realistic expectations - capacities and limitations
Children, sources of information - as victims or witnesses
Information reliability, and children - children's developmental level
Children's testimony - affected by communicative abilities
Accuracy of children's accounts - linguistic style and language complexity
Children's comprehension-monitoring skills - and misunderstandings
Child witnesses - multi-victim sexual abuse in child care centres
Kelly Michaels case, and investigative interviewers - children's sensitivity
Suggestibility, multiply determined - cognitive, social, motivational variables
Marked individual differences - accuracy of information recalled

Access to Document

10.1002/9781119998495.ch2

Cite this

Lamb, M. E., Malloy, L. C., & La Rooy, D. J. (2011). Setting realistic expectations: developmental characteristics, capacities and limitations. In M. E. Lamb, D. J. La Rooy, L. C. Malloy, & C. Katz (Eds.), Children's testimony: a handbook of psychological research and forensic practice (2nd ed., pp. 15-48). (Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119998495.ch2

Lamb, Michael E. ; Malloy, Lindsay C. ; La Rooy, David J. / Setting realistic expectations : developmental characteristics, capacities and limitations. Children's testimony: a handbook of psychological research and forensic practice. editor / Michael E. Lamb ; David J. La Rooy ; Lindsay C. Malloy ; Carmit Katz. 2nd. ed. Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. pp. 15-48 (Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law).

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Lamb, ME, Malloy, LC & La Rooy, DJ 2011, Setting realistic expectations: developmental characteristics, capacities and limitations. in ME Lamb, DJ La Rooy, LC Malloy & C Katz (eds), Children's testimony: a handbook of psychological research and forensic practice. 2nd edn, Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, pp. 15-48. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119998495.ch2

Setting realistic expectations: developmental characteristics, capacities and limitations. / Lamb, Michael E.; Malloy, Lindsay C.; La Rooy, David J.
Children's testimony: a handbook of psychological research and forensic practice. ed. / Michael E. Lamb; David J. La Rooy; Lindsay C. Malloy; Carmit Katz. 2nd. ed. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. p. 15-48 (Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law).

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Lamb ME, Malloy LC, La Rooy DJ. Setting realistic expectations: developmental characteristics, capacities and limitations. In Lamb ME, La Rooy DJ, Malloy LC, Katz C, editors, Children's testimony: a handbook of psychological research and forensic practice. 2nd ed. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. 2011. p. 15-48. (Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law). doi: 10.1002/9781119998495.ch2