In Children in the Courtroom, Sherrie Bourg Carter provides attorneys and judges with the critical information they need to properly review and handle cases involving child witnesses. Through a detailed discussion of the complicated legal, investigative, and developmental problems that are commonly encountered when children are involved in the legal system, Bourg Carter offers practical guidance to help legal professionals maneuver the often thorny landscape of using child witnesses in litigation. In an easy-to-read format, this book covers common legal arguments that arise with child witnesses, proper and improper child interview methods, legally relevant child developmental issues, and helpful procedures when children testify in the courtroom.Full of new material, the Second Edition includes new sections on working with disabled child witnesses, taint, multiple incident cases, multiple victims cases, recantation, vertical prosecution, and child assessment centers. Bourg Carter delivers two new chapters - one devoted exclusively to improper interview techniques and the other outlining specific strategies for questioning a child witness. In addition, practitioners will find updated coverage of competence to testify; availability and hearsay; and reviews of case law related to Crawford v. Washington and Davis v. Washington. The appendix includes a child witness questioning guide for competence to testify assessments and child sexual abuse cases.

Children in the Courtroom

Sherrie Bourg Carter

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Representing clients with mental illness is a challenging task that requires specialized skills and knowledge that few attorneys receive in law school. Yet, with jails and prisons becoming repositories for hundreds of thousands of mentally ill people each year, the unprecedented growth of the world s elderly population (and its often accompanying cognitive decline), and the higher incidence of domestic violence, substance abuse, and child abuse allegations in family law matters, such skills and knowledge are critical to competent and effective representation in all areas of legal practice. In Justice for All, Dr. Sherrie Bourg Carter uses her eighteen years of experience working with mentally ill clients in the legal system to provide attorneys and law students with: step-by-step guidelines for identifying diminished capacity in clients; easy-to-understand descriptions of diagnostic jargon; explanations of mental diagnoses most common to criminal, civil, and family law cases and their legal relevance; practical strategies for dealing with difficult, agitated, and paranoid clients; and effective strategies for managing personality disordered clients. 
Appendices include an attorney checklist for possible mental health issues, a glossary of common mental health terms, and a list of commonly prescribed medications for mental illnesses.

Justice for All: Challenges of the Mentally Ill in the Legal System

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Children in the Courtroom

Justice for All: Challenges of the Mentally Ill in the Legal System