PART 3 CHILDREN IN Court
10.  The Child Witness
     Testimonial Issues
          Competency
     Child Development and the Giving of Testimony
     Consistency
     Suggestibility
     Children and Lying
     Perceptions of Child Testimony by Jurors
          Interactions among Factors
     Secondary Victimization
          The Settings for Child Witness
          Testimony
          Addressing the Needs of Child Victim Witnesses
11.  Confrontation: The Rights of the Accused versus Protection
of the Victim
     Taking Live Testimony Out of Sight of the Accused
          Criminal Court Proceedings
          Juvenile Court Dependency Proceedings
          Domestic Relations Court Proceedings
     The Use of Simultaneous Closed-Circuit Television
          Criminal Court Proceedings
          Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Proceedings
     The Use of Videotaped Depositions and Statements
          Criminal Court Proceedings
12. Hearsay Evidence and the Child Witness
     Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence
          Unavailability
          Reliability
          Exceptions to Hearsay Rules
          The "Prior Recorded Testimony"Exception
          The "Excited Utterance" Exception
          The "Complaint of Rape" Exception
          The "Tender Years" Exception
          The "Medical Diagnosis/Theatment" Exception
          The "Probation Reports/Social Studies " Exception
          The "Residual" Exception
          The "Sexually Abused Child " Exception
13. Expert Witnesses in Child Abuse Cases
     Who Can Be an Expert Witness?
     Admissibility of Expert Testimony
     The Scope of Expert Testimony
          Descriptive and Diagnostic Issues
          Witness Credibility
          Legal Conclusions about the Alleged Facts
     Physical Abuse
     Child Sexual Abuse
          Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome
          The Use of Anatomically Correct Dolls
Medical Neglect
PART 4 EMERGING ISSUES IN CHILD ABUSE
14. "Fetal Abuse: The Case of Drug-Exposed Infants
     Application of Mandatory Reporting Laws
     Court Decisions Related to Reporting
     Social Services and Juvenile Court Intervention
     Criminal Court Response
     Civil Court Action
     Treatment for Pregnant Substance Abusers
15. Other Developments in Child Abuse and the Legal System
     Abused Children Who Fight Back
     Extending Statutes of Limitations to Adults Victimized as
Children
          Statute of Limitations
     The "Recovered Memory" Controversy
Appendix: Introduction to Legal References
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About the Authors
Inger J. Sagatun holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University in
Sociology and is Professor and Chair of the Administration of
Justice Department at San Jose State University She is currently
the Principal Investigator on a three-year grant from OCJP on
drug-exposed infants in the legal system, and the Co-Investigator
on a three year grant from OJJDP to the American Bar Association
on parental abductions of children. Professor Sagatun has
published several articles on issues related to juvenile justice,
child abuse and family violence. She served on the Santa Clara
County Child Advocacy and Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
Commission for five years, and has been an Executive Counselor of
the Western Society of Criminology since 1991. She is also a
member of the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of
Criminal justice Sciences, and the American Professional Society
on the Abuse of Children.
Leonard Edwards is a judge of the Santa Clara County Superior
Court. In that capacity he has served as Supervising Judge of the
Family Court, and Presiding Judge of the Superior Court and is
now serving his seventh year as Presiding Judge Of the Juvenile
Court. He is the Chair of the juvenile Court Judges of California
and a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Council of
Juvenile and Family Court judges.  He has taught juvenile and
family law at the University of Santa Clara Law School Stanford
Law School and the California Judicial College and has written
widely on family law.
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