A review of factors affecting jurors’ decisions in child sexual abuse cases

Bette L. Bottoms; Jonathan M. Golding; Maggie C. Stevenson; Tisha R.A. Wiley; John A. Yozwiak

doi:10.4324/9781315086309-21

A review of factors affecting jurors’ decisions in child sexual abuse cases

Bette L. Bottoms, Jonathan M. Golding, Maggie C. Stevenson, Tisha R.A. Wiley, John A. Yozwiak

Psychology

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Abstract

Child maltreatment is one of the most significant problems society faces today (Myers, 2004; Vieth, 2006). Each year in the United States, there are around 3 million reported cases, of which approximately 1 million are substantiated. An indeterminably large number of cases go undisclosed and unreported (Jones and Finkelhor, 2001). Although child sexual abuse (CSA) constitutes only around 10% of all reported child maltreatment cases, it accounts for the majority of all sexual abuse cases handled by the American legal system. For example, 67% of all sexual assault cases reported to law enforcement agencies in the year 2000 were CSA cases (Snyder, 2000). CSA also accounts for the most trials in which children testify (Goodman, Quas, Bulkley, and Shapiro, 1999).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology
Subtitle of host publication	Volume I: Memory for Events
Pages	509-545
Number of pages	37
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351543705
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315086309-21
State	Published - Jan 1 2017

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