Abstract
This Article discusses the testimony of young children, the inadequacy of the traditional hearing used to determine the competency of such children to testify, and the ways in which the hearing might be changed to make it a meaningful process for determining the ability of a child to give reliable testimony.
Recommended Citation
Laurie Shanks,
Evaluating Children's Competency to Testify: Developing a Rational Method to Assess a Young Child's Capacity to Offer Reliable Testimony in Cases Alleging Child Sex Abuse ,
58 Clev. St. L. Rev.
575
(2010)
available at https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevstlrev/vol58/iss3/4