Stanaway constructed justifications for dismissing children’s evidence.

Evidence

Under the guise of information on ‘the general development level of children’, Stanaway explained away every aspect of the children’s evidence that the jury was likely to find ‘bizarre or unbelievable or unconvincing’. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 2667

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 2667
• XREF: connects to: Adult-centric debate about corporal punishment systematically omitted children’s own account — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 9881

Broader Connections

• Adult-centric debate about corporal punishment systematically omitted children’s own account #exemplifies (0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 9881