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Questioning Children in Court Forum - resources for participants

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Reading  

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.  

Reading and resources  

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
 
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