The Case in Australia for Further Reform to the Cross-Examination and Court Management of Child Witnesses

Abstract

Recent legislative reforms in Australia designed to address the difficulties attending the reception and treatment of child evidence will have little, if any, success because they do not address the reasons for the difficulties, nor introduce improvements to existing practice for the child witness, counsel or court.

Keywords

Child witnesses Cross-examination Difficulties with Failure of legislative reform Case for intermediaries

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