Publikacja:
Interrogation of a Child as a Witness in the Criminal Procedure – Selected Legal and Psychological Aspects
Cytowanie
Dagmara Smolarek-Kędziorek. (2015). Interrogation of a Child as a Witness in the Criminal Procedure – Selected Legal and Psychological Aspects. Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne Studia Nad Prawem, 7(1), 445–463. https://doi.org/10.7206/kp.2080-1084.93
Słowa kluczowe
psychology and law criminal procedure competency of child witnesses child witness testimony
Abstrakt
The article discusses the essential problems related to the participation of a child as a witness in criminal proceedings. The author explains the key issue – who is a child in the light of the Polish criminal procedure regulations. In this context, also the legal and partly psychological aspects are presented, associated with determining the age limit for a child – the witness and the impact of age and ongoing developmental processes on child’s ability to testify.
