What happens in court? The development of understanding of the legal system in a sample of Irish children and adults

Autor:	Howard V. Smith, Clifford Stevenson, Catherine Maunsell
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	media_common.quotation_subject Legal knowledge Sample (statistics) humanities language.human_language Developmental psychology Legal process (jurisprudence) Irish Age groups Perception language Psychology Social psychology health care economics and organizations General Psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Scopus-Elsevier
ISSN:	2158-0812 0303-3910
Popis:	A total sample of three hundred and sixty (N=360) Irish children and adults, drawn from nine age groups, were administered the specially designed Legal Knowledge and Perception of Court Interview Schedule. Analyses of variance revealed a main effect for age of participant. Participants demonstrated increasing knowledge of the legal system with increasing age. The findings of the present study suggest inter alia that Irish children, particularly those under nine years of age, do not possess sufficient understanding of the legal system to enable them to participate as effectively as they might as witnesses. The potential for developing a systematic programme of preparing child witnesses for their involvement in the legal process is discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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