On Trial: America's Courts and Their Treatment of Sexually Abused Children - Hardcover

Billie Wright Dziech; Judge Charles B. Schudson

9780807004081: On Trial: America's Courts and Their Treatment of Sexually Abused Children

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807004081 ISBN 13: 9780807004081

Publisher: Beacon Press, 1989

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Book by Billie Wright Dziech, Judge Charles B. Schudson

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French (translation)

From Library Journal:

The very structure of a trial is formidable to adults; to a victimized child, the procedures of our legal system can be overwhelming, even traumatizing. Dziech, an expert on sexual harassment, and Schudson, a judge pioneering new methods in child sex abuse cases, propose gentle, effective means to facilitate children's testimony. Addressing children in nontechnical language, allowing them to demonstrate what happened using dolls or puppets, and permitting them to sit on a parent's lap while testifying are some methods that show respect for their rights and those of the defendants as well. Unique among works on this topic, this offers a humane program for change and should be of interest to experts and general readers alike.
- Susan E. Parker, Harvard Law Sch. Lib.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.