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Even though I am aware that on that point have been great strides forward, especially within the past decade, in the carrying into action of safer and more constructive methods, in regards to boor interviewing practices, I am nauseate at the gross negligence of our justice system, in their move overure to harbor sisterren from the brutal onslaught of such damaging interrogation. Not only does it fail to safeguard a childs health and well-fare, but it overly proves counterproductive in the gathering of reliable testimony, and so therefore does not ultimately serve the constructs of justice, every. The criminal justice system, in the United States, has been rattling backward in recognizing and competently employing the substantial volume of relevant look for data that has been available, for the past century, on the theme of the significant differences in the mental and neurological differences between children and adults. In Europe, there was substantial and illuminating investigate being carried out, at the turn of the 20th century. In the work of Alfred Binet (1900), on external forces of suggestibility, free sequester, and the inherent pressures resulting from a childs fervor to please adults, and William Sterns (1910) research, on the detrimental effects of ingeminate questioning and leading questions, which were found to literally alter future recall of the same event, there was an emergence of some(prenominal) valuable insight into the subject of child witness testimony (Bruck, 1993, p. 406). An explanation of why the U.S. was so slow to embrace these valuable findings lies in the differences in the judicial systems, of these countries. In much of Europe there is an inquisitorial form of trail, whereby a judge is obligated for interviewing witnesses. Th... ...g disorder, and an on-going battle with depression. In reading about this case, I am afflicted first and foremost, by the damaging effects of improperly executed child witness i nterrogation practices, and the enormous value of the immense body of research and the resultantly improved understanding of the effects of the proper handling of such a delicate undertaking. I cant help but tone that the interrogation process itself, can in effect be a traumatic event, and the manner in which it is carried out acting as either a benefit or an added stressor, to a child already in obvious distress. These considerations are directly responsible for so many cases of child abuse not being reported, out of a fear of declivity an already painful experience, and underline the great need for, and value of, such protective and progressive institutions, such as child advocacy centers.