INTERVIEW AND INTERROGATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS BY POLICE AND JUDICIARY

• NCJ Number: 20516
• Journal: REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE L'ENFANT Issue: 30-31 Dated: (SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1976) Pages: 65-136
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 72 pages
• Corporate Author: Union International de Protection de L'enfant
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: French
• Country: Switzerland

Annotation

PROCEEDINGS OF AND PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE UNION INTERNATIONALE DE PROTECTION DE L'ENFANCE (INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CHILD WELFARE), UIPE.

Abstract

THIS CONFERENCE, HELD MAY 24-28, 1976 IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, INVESTIGATED WAYS TO BALANCE THE CONFLICTING NEEDS OF DISCOVERING THE FACTS OF A CRIME AND SAFEGUARDING THE INTERESTS OF THE JUVENILE SUSPECT, WITNESS, OR VICTIM. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS FOCUS ON THE NEED FOR A CODE OF ETHICS AND SPECIAL TRAINING FOR POLICE INTERROGATORS WHO QUESTION JUVENILES; THE RISK OF JUVENILES SUFFERING PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGES FROM MISHANDLED INTERROGATIONS; AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF INTERVIEWS AND INTERROGATIONS. THE POLICE IMAGE AND JUVENILE ATTITUDES TOWARD THE POLICE IS ALSO DISCUSSED. A NINE-PAGE SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOTH FOREIGN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TITLES IS INCLUDED. --IN FRENCH...ELW