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The list below contains relevant reading and websites. This list may be updated from time to time. We recommend you spend at least two hours preparing for the forum.
Questioning Children (2019) Benchmark | Kirsten Hanna, Deirdre Brown, and Rachel Zajac | Visit website |
Communication Assistance (2018) Benchmark | Dr Emily Henderson and Michelle Bonetti | Visit website |
Asked and Answered: Questioning Children in the Courtroom University of Otago, New Zealand |
Rachel Zajac, Julien Gross and Harlene Hayne | Download PDF |
The “Good Old Days” of Courtroom Questioning: Changes in the Format of Child Cross-Examination Questions Over 60 Years Child Maltreatment 2018, Vol. 23(2) 186-195 |
Rachel Zajac, Nina Westera, and Andy Kaladelfos | Download PDF |
Child Witnesses in the NZ Courts Chief Victims Advisor to Government Report 2017 |
Dr Kim McGregor | Download PDF |
Planning to question a child or young person | The Advocate’s Gateway (UK) | Visit website |
Cross-examination: The Testimony of Children with and without Intellectual Disabilities |
Caroline Bettenay, Anne m. Ridley, Lucy A. Henry and Laura Crane | Download PDF |
The use of ground rules in investigative interviews with children: A synthesis and call for research |
Sonja P. Brubacher, Debra Ann Poole, Jason J. Dickinson | Download PDF |
‘[Expletive], that was confusing, wasn’t it?’ Defence lawyers’ and intermediaries’ assessment of the language used to question a child witness | Kirsten Hanna, Emily Henderson | Download PDF |
Communication and cross-examination in court for children and adults with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review | Joanne Morrison, Rachel Forrester-Jones, Jill Bradshaw, Glynis Murphy | Download PDF |
Questioning Child Witnesses in New Zealand's Criminal Justice System: Is Cross-Examination Fair? |
Dr Kirsten Hanna , Emma Davies , Charles Crothers & Emily Henderson | Download PDF |
Disorder in the courtroom? Child witnesses under cross-examination | Rachel Zajac, Sarah O’Neill, Harlene Hayne | Download PDF |
Talking (or Not Talking) about the Past: The Influence of Parent–Child Conversation about Negative Experiences on Children’s Memories | Karen Salmon and Elaine Reese | Download PDF |
National Framework for Children and young people’s participation in Decision-making | Ireland | Visit website |