Research on Trying to Improve the Quality of Information Elicited from Vulnerable Witnesses

Abstract

This article notes that very little research has previously been published on how best to assist vulnerable witnesses to provide information relevant to crime investigations. It then provides commentary on four of the articles in this Special Issue. These four articles constitute a major contribution to knowledge on this difficult to research topic.

Keywords:

• vulnerable
• witnesses
• interviewing
• information
• children
• line-ups