researching references to testimony
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researching references to testimony
HHS Proving Child Maltreatment in Court
Working With the Courts in Child Protection
Jane Nusbaum FellerwithHoward A. DavidsonMark HardinRobert M. Horowitz
1992U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesAdministration on Children, Youth and FamiliesNational Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
This manual was developed and produced by The Circle, Inc., McLean, VA, under
Contract No. HHS-105-88-1702.
http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=t ... 1&.intl=us
PROVING CHILD MALTREATMENT IN COURT
35The Process of Proving Maltreatment
35The Rules of Evidence
35Why They Exist
35How Evidentiary Rules Affect the Caseworker
35Types of Evidence
35Relevant and Material Evidence
37The Hearsay Rule
37Admissions of a Party
37Excited Utterances38Records
38What Records Are Admissible?
38Getting Records Into Evidence
39Statements Made for the Purpose of Diagnosis or Treatment
39The Residual Exception
39Special Statutory Exceptions for Child Sexual/Physical Abuse Victims
40Privileged Communications
40Opinion Evidence
41Expert Testimony
41Scope of Permissible Expert Testimony
42Character Evidence
42Prior Acts Evidence
43Stipulations
43Rules of Evidence and the Nonlegal Professional
43How Much Evidence Is Required?
43TESTIFYING IN COURT
45Courtroom Dress and Demeanor
45Direct, Cross, and Rebuttal Examination
45Guidelines for Testifying in Court
48Professionals as Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases
49Know the Facts of the Case
49Have an Opinion
50The Essential Points of the Testimony
51The Weaknesses of the Position and Cross-examination
51Objections by Attorneys and the Judge’s Response
51THE CHILD AS A WITNESS
53Competency
53Judicial Authority To Make a Child Witness More Comfortable in the Courtroom
53Sequestration of Witnesses
54Special Legislative Provisions for the Protection of Child Witnesses
54Constitutional Challenges to Special Treatment for Child Witnesses
55Leading Questions, Anatomical Dolls, and Other Aids to Securing Child Testimony
56Children as Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases
56Preparing the Child To Testify
56The Setting
56The Court Process
57The Child’s Recollection
57Additional Suggestions for Preparing Children to Testify
57The Impact of the Federal Children’s Justice Act and the Victims of Child Abuse Act
HHS Proving Child Maltreatment in Court
Working With the Courts in Child Protection
Jane Nusbaum FellerwithHoward A. DavidsonMark HardinRobert M. Horowitz
1992U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAdministration for Children and FamiliesAdministration on Children, Youth and FamiliesNational Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
This manual was developed and produced by The Circle, Inc., McLean, VA, under
Contract No. HHS-105-88-1702.
http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=t ... 1&.intl=us
PROVING CHILD MALTREATMENT IN COURT
35The Process of Proving Maltreatment
35The Rules of Evidence
35Why They Exist
35How Evidentiary Rules Affect the Caseworker
35Types of Evidence
35Relevant and Material Evidence
37The Hearsay Rule
37Admissions of a Party
37Excited Utterances38Records
38What Records Are Admissible?
38Getting Records Into Evidence
39Statements Made for the Purpose of Diagnosis or Treatment
39The Residual Exception
39Special Statutory Exceptions for Child Sexual/Physical Abuse Victims
40Privileged Communications
40Opinion Evidence
41Expert Testimony
41Scope of Permissible Expert Testimony
42Character Evidence
42Prior Acts Evidence
43Stipulations
43Rules of Evidence and the Nonlegal Professional
43How Much Evidence Is Required?
43TESTIFYING IN COURT
45Courtroom Dress and Demeanor
45Direct, Cross, and Rebuttal Examination
45Guidelines for Testifying in Court
48Professionals as Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases
49Know the Facts of the Case
49Have an Opinion
50The Essential Points of the Testimony
51The Weaknesses of the Position and Cross-examination
51Objections by Attorneys and the Judge’s Response
51THE CHILD AS A WITNESS
53Competency
53Judicial Authority To Make a Child Witness More Comfortable in the Courtroom
53Sequestration of Witnesses
54Special Legislative Provisions for the Protection of Child Witnesses
54Constitutional Challenges to Special Treatment for Child Witnesses
55Leading Questions, Anatomical Dolls, and Other Aids to Securing Child Testimony
56Children as Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases
56Preparing the Child To Testify
56The Setting
56The Court Process
57The Child’s Recollection
57Additional Suggestions for Preparing Children to Testify
57The Impact of the Federal Children’s Justice Act and the Victims of Child Abuse Act