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Przesłuchanie dziecka w charakterze świadka w postępowaniu karnym – wybrane aspekty prawne i psychologiczne
Interrogation of a Child as a Witness in the Criminal Procedure – Selected Legal and Psychological Aspects

Author(s): Dagmara Smolarek-Kędziorek
Subject(s): Psychology, Criminal Law, Criminology
Published by: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
Keywords: psychology and law; criminal procedure; competency of child witnesses; child witness testimony;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the essential problems related to the participation of a child as a witness in criminal proceedings. The author explains the key issue – who is a child in the light of the Polish criminal procedure regulations. In this context, also the legal and partly psychological aspects are presented, associated with determining the age limit for a child – the witness and the impact of age and ongoing developmental processes on child’s ability to testify.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 445-463
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish