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Mock Juror Perceptions of Child Witnesses on the Autism Spectrum: The Impact of Providing Diagnostic Labels and Information about Autism
| العنوان: | Mock Juror Perceptions of Child Witnesses on the Autism Spectrum: The Impact of Providing Diagnostic Labels and Information about Autism |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Crane, Laura (ORCID |
| المصدر: | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. May 2020 50(5):1509-1519. |
| الاتاحة: | Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-348-4505; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2020 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Attitudes toward Disabilities, Court Litigation, Crime, Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Labeling (of Persons), Credibility |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-018-3700-0 |
| تدمد: | 0162-3257 |
| مستخلص: | Research suggests that autistic children can provide accurate and forensically useful eyewitness evidence. However, members of a jury also rely on non-verbal behaviours when judging the credibility of a witness, and this could determine the verdict of a case. We presented mock jurors with videos (from an experimental study) of one of two child witnesses on the autism spectrum being interviewed about a mock minor crime. Results demonstrated that providing jurors with generic information about autism and/or informing them of the child's diagnostic label differentially affected credibility ratings, but not for both children. Implications for how to present information about child witnesses with autism to a jury--highlighting the need for approaches tailored to individual children--are discussed. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| رقم الانضمام: | EJ1252853 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 0162-3257 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-018-3700-0 |