This presentation will evaluate critical areas of corroborating evidence, including where to find it and its significance in the investigation and prosecution of child sexual assaults. Because most child sexual assaults lack traditional physical evidence, child victims are at a disadvantage in court unless we focus on finding evidence corroborating the child’s disclosure. With examples from child sex assault cases prosecuted by the presenter, this presentation focuses on specific types of corroborating evidence, and how to identify, locate and present that critical evidence.
Learning Objectives:
Identify and recognize types of evidence that can corroborate a child’s disclosure
Analyze a child’s disclosure for facts that need to be corroborated
Incorporate corroborating evidence into a prosecution case-in-chief
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