The challenge of assessing credibility when children with intellectual disabilities are alleged victims of abuse
Assessing credibility is of importance when deciding the legal outcome of a case. Such an assessment can be especially challenging when the witness is a child with intellectual disabilities. If these children have difficulties making their voices heard in legal proceedings the principal of equal leg...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Stockholm University Press
2009-09-01
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Series: | Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research |
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Online Access: | https://www.sjdr.se/articles/367 |