"I am a Witness" - Guide to the child witness process"

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How The Site Works

There are five main sections:

  • The Introduction
  • Police Investigation
  • Before Court
  • In Court
  • After Court

You can through the sections sequentially or skip sections to the sections most relevant to you, and go back if you need to. 

There is also information on the sidebars that can help you too.

  • In ‘who’s who’s on the right hand side you can find out more about the people you will meet.
  • If you are not sure about what a word means, check out the glossary in ‘Words and Meanings’ right hand side.
  • In ‘I was a witness too’, located on the bottom right hand corner kids tell their own stories about giving evidence.
  • ‘Get help’, which is on the right hand, is a place to get more information about support and other things.
  • The resource backpack on the left hand sidebar has information that you can print out about the section. There is also information for parents.