| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/04/03/04/53 |
| Title | Comments on the Home Office Guidance on the Use of Video Technology at Trials of Alleged Child Abuse 1987 |
| Date | 1985-1987 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Description | Correspondence concerning British Psychological Society's response to Home Office Guidance on the Use of Video Technology at Trials of Alleged Child Abuse includes National Children's Bureau on The Child as Witness |
| Format | File |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
| File of Colin Newman, British Psychological Society Scientific and Professional Secretary |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/002/2/03/02/01 BPS DCLP Committee Papers 1984-1989
BPS/001/11/04/03/04/13 Response to DHSS Paper on Child Abuse Enquiries 1986
BPS/001/4/01/02/08 BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Papers 1987
BPS/001/401/02/09 BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Papers 1988
BPS/001/11/04/02/04/30 Child Witness Legislation Lobbying
BPS/001/11/04/02/05/02 Psychologists and Child Sexual Abuse 1990 |
| RelatedRecord | BPS/002/2/03/02/01 |
| BPS/001/11/04/03/04/13 |
| BPS/001/4/01/02/08 |
| BPS/001/4/01/02/09 |
| BPS/001/11/04/02/04/30 |
| BPS/001/11/04/02/05/02 |
| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| Term | Child protection |
| Child psychology |
| Child abuse |
| Public Relations |
| Legislation and Regulations |
| Forensic Psychology |
| Communication Legislation |
| Communication Control |
| Child welfare |
| AdminHistory | Section 21 of the Criminal Justice bill allowed for children to given evidence by video link in cases of physical and sexual abuse. On 24 April 1987 the Home Secretary announced that he was going to set up a working party of experts to review the changes and offer guidance to police officers on best practice. A report published on 8 May discussed not only arrangements to allow a child to give evidence and whether there is scope for the more regular use of a video recording of a child as evidence at a trial. |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre. |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| BPS/GB/80 | The British Psychological Society; Division of Educational & Child Psychology; 1967-; (DECP) | 1967- |