For child witnesses

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Statement

Eyewitnesses are reliable because of child witnesses

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Explanation

  • The stereotype is that kids have wild imaginations and are unreliable

  • Their emotional honesty may make their accounts more believable in court

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Evidence

  • Davies et al. (1989) found that children aged between 6 and 7, and 10 and 11, are fairly accurate

  • Don’t normally make things up

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Why

For child witnesses because kids aren’t easily affected by adult suggestion after an event