NCJ Number
180368
Date Published
December 1998
Length
295 pages
Annotation
This book examines the capacity of the Queensland judicial system, in its criminal and civil aspects, to properly receive the evidence of children.
Abstract
The book is divided into 21 chapters: (1) Introduction, including Terms of Reference and Contexts in Which Children May Be Witnesses; (2) The Law in Queensland; (3) Competency; (4) Communicating With a Child Witness; (5) Expert Evidence; (6) The Court Environment; (7) Professional Education and Awareness; (8) Delays; (9) Treatment Before Committal or Trial; (10) Out-of-Court Statements; (11) Closed-Circuit Television and Screens; (12) Identification of the Accused; (13) Support; (14) The Committal; (15) Pre-Trial Hearings; (16) Unrepresented Accused; (17) Children's Evidence in Other Types of Proceedings; (18) Children With Special Needs; (19) Similar Fact Evidence, Separate Trials and Multiple Offences; (20) Post-Trial Use of Evidence; and (21) Evaluation of Legislative Reform. Notes, tables, appendix