Przesłuchanie dziecka w charakterze świadka w postępowaniu karnym – wybrane aspekty prawne i psychologiczne
Interrogation of a Child as a Witness in the Criminal Procedure – Selected Legal and Psychological Aspects
Author(s): Dagmara Smolarek-KędziorekSubject(s): Psychology, Criminal Law, Criminology
Published by: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
Keywords: psychology and law; criminal procedure; competency of child witnesses; child witness testimony;
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the essential problems related to the participation of a child as a witness in criminal proceedings. The author explains the key issue – who is a child in the light of the Polish criminal procedure regulations. In this context, also the legal and partly psychological aspects are presented, associated with determining the age limit for a child – the witness and the impact of age and ongoing developmental processes on child’s ability to testify.
Journal: Krytyka Prawa
- Issue Year: 7/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 445-463
- Page Count: 19
- Language: Polish