Are Victim or Eyewitness Statements Credible? Several Ways to Check Them

Are Victim or Eyewitness Statements Credible? Several Ways to Check Them

 

In 2014, two teachers and six janitors were accused of child sexual abuse at Indonesia's Jakarta International School (JIS). Three preschool children reported that they had been repeatedly sexually abused by them. The statements of the alleged victims became one of the most important pieces of evidence to convict the suspects. These testimonies were such important evidence because corroborative evidence was absent to support the children's claims of...

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