f events that never occurred.
              Peer Pressure-Children's reports can be influenced by the application of peer pressure (Johnny told me all about it, and he said you were there too). Studies also show that children can incorporate into their own memories experience that their peers told them about, but which they did not witness themselves.
              Authority figures-Children tend to regard adults generally as all knowing and trustworthy, which can influence how they respond to questioning by adults. But they may also be sensitive to status and power differentials among adults-an important issue when police officers, judges, and medical personnel interview children.
             Much of these influences were performed in a laboratory setting which is not exact to real life. These are all factors why children's testimonies are found uncredible. (Ceci)
             Suggestibility is of major concern for jurors, interviewers, and prosecutors in regards to child witnesses. Children are very susceptible to confusions and distortions as a result of the influences just listed. Because of leading questions and other influences, the suggestibility of a child is very serious and is pretty much unavoidable.
             On March 2, 1984, in Hawaii, a 3yr old girl named Katie said to her mother that she had a burn on her leg. The girl's mother thought it might have been a mosquito bite so she didn't look at the little girl's leg. That night the little girl had nightmares and was screaming continuously. The next day she told her mother that the burns were from a gun like device. The little girl said, she was abducted from school and was taken to a house, where a man took photos of her while she was naked. The little girl also said, another girl from school was there in the house also.
             Following her story two detectives, a social worker, and a physician interviewed the little girl. The officers described the little girl as &q...