Competency to Be a Witness: A Major Child Forensic Issue

Kathleen M. Quinn

Competency to Be a Witness: A Major Child Forensic Issue

Kathleen M. Quinn
Kathleen M. Quinn
Dr. Quinn is Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2040 Abington Rd., Cleveland, OH 44106.
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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
December 1986,
14
(4)
311-321;

Abstract

Competency of a child witness is a changing area of case law and forensic psychiatry practice. This article summarizes the basic legal and clinical aspects of determination of competency of the child witness to testify. Guidelines for such forensic examinations are detailed. Case examples are described that highlight major clinical issues in these examinations.

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Competency to Be a Witness: A Major Child Forensic Issue

Kathleen M. Quinn

Kathleen M. Quinn

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online

Dec 1986,

14

(4)

311-

321;

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Competency to Be a Witness: A Major Child Forensic Issue

Kathleen M. Quinn

Kathleen M. Quinn

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online

Dec 1986,

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(4)

311-

321;

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