内容简介
Growingawarenessofchildren'sinvolvementincrime,whetherasvictims,witnessesorperpetrators,hasgivenrisetonewresearchintohowtotreatchildreninlegalsettings.Thisvolumebringstogetherthirteenofthemostsignificantrecentpapers,offeringanoverviewofcurrentknowledge.Thereadingsillustrateimportantissuesinfivekeyareas:childvictimisation,thereliabilityofchildren'saccounts,truthandlies,childrenandthelegalsystem,andchildrenasperpetrators.Takentogether,theyencourageamulti-facetedapproach,combiningknowledgefrombiological,social,cognitiveanddevelopmentalpsychologyinaninterdisciplinarycontext.Eachpaperisintroducedandcontextualisedbytheeditor,andsuggestionsforadditionalreadingenablefurtherstudy.