Best practice in questioning child witnesses in Malaysia / Amirul Irfan Ahmad Badaruddin, Farah Nasuha Sudarman and Fatin Syafira Ahmad Zulkifli

This research analysed the weaknesses of the current practise on questioning techniques used for child witnesses and to give recommendation with the intention to increase the reliability and the quality of evidence given by a child witness. The First chapter discussed the research objectives, method...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Badaruddin, Amirul Irfan, Sudarman, Farah Nasuha, Ahmad Zulkifli 2, Fatin Syafira
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35878/
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description This research analysed the weaknesses of the current practise on questioning techniques used for child witnesses and to give recommendation with the intention to increase the reliability and the quality of evidence given by a child witness. The First chapter discussed the research objectives, methodology, scope and limitations and problem statement. In addition, all the necessary conceptual features are introduced to ensure the readers to understand about the research. The second chapter explained on the psychological state and capabilities of a child that needs to be understand before questioning a child witness. In the third chapter, the researchers pointed out other relevant factors that may affect the accuracy of evidence given by a child witness. The fourth chapter discussed on the findings based on several semi-structured interviews. Our research concludes with recommendations in guiding to better techniques in questioning a child witness and other methods that may help in increasing the accuracy of evidence given by children.
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spelling uitm-358782020-10-30T15:50:43Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35878/ Best practice in questioning child witnesses in Malaysia / Amirul Irfan Ahmad Badaruddin, Farah Nasuha Sudarman and Fatin Syafira Ahmad Zulkifli Ahmad Badaruddin, Amirul Irfan Sudarman, Farah Nasuha Ahmad Zulkifli 2, Fatin Syafira Children. Child development This research analysed the weaknesses of the current practise on questioning techniques used for child witnesses and to give recommendation with the intention to increase the reliability and the quality of evidence given by a child witness. The First chapter discussed the research objectives, methodology, scope and limitations and problem statement. In addition, all the necessary conceptual features are introduced to ensure the readers to understand about the research. The second chapter explained on the psychological state and capabilities of a child that needs to be understand before questioning a child witness. In the third chapter, the researchers pointed out other relevant factors that may affect the accuracy of evidence given by a child witness. The fourth chapter discussed on the findings based on several semi-structured interviews. Our research concludes with recommendations in guiding to better techniques in questioning a child witness and other methods that may help in increasing the accuracy of evidence given by children. 2012 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35878/1/35878.pdf Ahmad Badaruddin, Amirul Irfan and Sudarman, Farah Nasuha and Ahmad Zulkifli 2, Fatin Syafira (2012) Best practice in questioning child witnesses in Malaysia / Amirul Irfan Ahmad Badaruddin, Farah Nasuha Sudarman and Fatin Syafira Ahmad Zulkifli. (2012) [Student Project] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Children. Child development
Ahmad Badaruddin, Amirul Irfan
Sudarman, Farah Nasuha
Ahmad Zulkifli 2, Fatin Syafira
Best practice in questioning child witnesses in Malaysia / Amirul Irfan Ahmad Badaruddin, Farah Nasuha Sudarman and Fatin Syafira Ahmad Zulkifli
title Best practice in questioning child witnesses in Malaysia / Amirul Irfan Ahmad Badaruddin, Farah Nasuha Sudarman and Fatin Syafira Ahmad Zulkifli
title_full Best practice in questioning child witnesses in Malaysia / Amirul Irfan Ahmad Badaruddin, Farah Nasuha Sudarman and Fatin Syafira Ahmad Zulkifli
title_fullStr Best practice in questioning child witnesses in Malaysia / Amirul Irfan Ahmad Badaruddin, Farah Nasuha Sudarman and Fatin Syafira Ahmad Zulkifli
title_full_unstemmed Best practice in questioning child witnesses in Malaysia / Amirul Irfan Ahmad Badaruddin, Farah Nasuha Sudarman and Fatin Syafira Ahmad Zulkifli
title_short Best practice in questioning child witnesses in Malaysia / Amirul Irfan Ahmad Badaruddin, Farah Nasuha Sudarman and Fatin Syafira Ahmad Zulkifli
title_sort best practice in questioning child witnesses in malaysia / amirul irfan ahmad badaruddin, farah nasuha sudarman and fatin syafira ahmad zulkifli
topic Children. Child development
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35878/