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A Full and Candid Account: Using Special Accommodations and Testimonial Aids to Facilitate the Testimony of Children
These seven handbooks are designed to help prosecutors, victim-support workers, judges, and others understand and meet the needs of children who testify in court. They cover issues related to child testimony, testifying outside the courtroom (e.g., via CCTV), witness screens, video-recorded evidence, designated support persons, hearsay evidence and children, and children and teenagers who testify in domestic violence cases.
The titles of the seven handbooks are:
- Overview of Issues Related to Child Testimony
- Testimony Outside the Courtroom
- Witness Screens
- Video-recorded Evidence
- Designated Support Person
- Hearsay Evidence and Children
- Children and Teenagers Testifying in Domestic Violence Cases
Produced in 2007
Produced by Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
Topics Legal System - Working with specific types of clients
Format Booklet/PDF
Relates to region Across Ontario
Available as
| http://www.lfcc.on.ca/full_and_candid_account.html English , Web Page Introduction to the series. | |
 | http://www.lfcc.on.ca/1_Overview.pdf English , Adobe PDF (662.6 kB) Overview of Issues Related to Child Testimony |
| http://www.lfcc.on.ca/recit_complet_et_franc.html French/français , Web Page Introduction to the series. |
For more information contact
Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
E-mail info@lfcc.on.ca
Web site http://www.lfcc.on.ca/