Children and Cross-Examination

John R Spencer KC is Professor of Law and a Fellow of Selwyn College at the University of Cambridge. Michael E Lamb is Professor of Psychology and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, at the University of Cambridge.

• 1. Introduction JR Spencer2. 'Kicking and Screaming'—the Slow Road to Best Evidence Joyce Plotnikoff and Richard Woolfson3. Alternative Routes: Accusatorial Jurisdictions on the Slow Road to Best Evidence Emily Henderson4. Children's Evidence in Legal Proceedings—the Position in Western Australia Hal Jackson5. Cross-Examining the Child Complainant: Rights, Innovations and Unfounded Fears in the Australian Context Annie Cossins6. An Idea Whose Time has Come: The Reform of Criminal Procedure for Child Witnesses in New Zealand Emily Henderson7. Child Witnesses in Austria Verena Murschetz8. The Position in Norway Trond Myklebust9. Conclusions JR Spencer10. The Pigot Report 1989 (reprinted)

[The book] provides a compelling argument for effective change within an extensive research-base. It is uncompromising in its critique, but if that provokes a reaction then that is all to the good, for these are ideas that deserve serious reflection and wide debate.