The challenge of assessing credibility when children with intellectual disabilities are alleged victims of abuse

Assessing credibility is of importance when deciding the legal outcome of a case. Such an assessment can be especially challenging when the witness is a child with intellectual disabilities. If these children have difficulties making their voices heard in legal proceedings the principal of equal leg...

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Published in:	Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Main Authors:	Ann-Christin Cederborg, Clara H. Gumpert
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Stockholm University Press 2009-09-01
Subjects:	intellectual disabilities child witnesses credibility assessments interdisciplinary knowledge
Online Access:	https://www.sjdr.se/articles/367