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Evans and Lyon (2012)
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Evans and Lyon (2012)
Assessing children's competency to Take the Oath in Court
Judges virtually never found children incompetent to testify
Attorneys rarely asked hypothetical Q's in a way found to facilitate performance.
Defence attorneys used a higher proportion of more difficult Q types than prosecutors
Examined children's accuracy in response to T/L competency questions
Participants
164 from criminal child sex abuse cases over 5 years
154 quoted in U.S state and federal appelate cases over 35 yrs.
Results
T/L competency is underestimated by courtroom Q'ing
Supports doubts about the utility of the competency requirements
Children exhibited variability in performance based on question type
Definition questions - meaning of T&L hardest - Errors in response to 'Do you know' Q's
Q's about consequences of lying harder than Q's evaluating morality or lying.
High rates of error to Q's about whether they had ever told a lie.
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