Abstract
This paper reviews the assistance of a psychologist expert in the justice bodies to protect minors in Kosovo. Research data on the study of normative acts (laws and international acts) regarding the role of the expert psychologist have been analyzed since from September 1999 until 2019. The purpose of this study is to assess the role of an expert psychologist, conforming to national and international legal norms in the protection of minors at the police, prosecution and court organs, where the analysis of these legal norms has been used over the years. In the case of looking at the protection of minors the expert psychologist is involved in all stages of criminal and civil proceedings before the competent authorities. The results show that the role of the psychologist expert in justice bodies in Kosovo is based on national and international law, but in this highly sensitive work Kosovo psychologist experts must have their own association to represent their requests as good as possible to the competent authorities and for the delegation of the name of the expert psychologist at the request of the judge. Moreover, it has been found that until now the determination of the expert psychologist hired has been made with the will of the judge. This paper contributes to existing scientific literature, especially in the fields of criminology, victimology and forensic psychology. Moreover, this paper is likely to contribute to the work of the Association of Psychological Experts, the Victims' Association and in the work of various minors’ protection associations
Highlights
Knowing that the testimony of juveniles at the competent bodies may be correct and incorrect; untrue and false, it is unacceptable to generalize that a child’s or juvenile’s testimony should at first be considered less reliable or less true than the testimony of an adult
The purpose of this study is to assess the role of an expert psychologist, conforming to national and international legal norms in the protection of minors at the police, prosecution and court organs
Victims, accused and juvenile witnesses in the psychology of criminal procedure are studied and analyzed with particular attention and care because in recent years, especially this category is increasingly being presented at the police, prosecution and court
Summary
Knowing that the testimony of juveniles at the competent bodies may be correct and incorrect; untrue and false, it is unacceptable to generalize that a child’s or juvenile’s testimony should at first be considered less reliable or less true than the testimony of an adult. All testimonies must be verified and evaluated, regardless if it is the testimony of a child, a minor, or the testimony of witnesses and adult participants. It is another matter whether children and juveniles should be invited in the court trial, when this can have a psychologically adverse effect Eidetic memory is a special ability of perception and remembering. Eidetic are usually children up to the age of 15, who have the ability to remember (2021), «EUREKA: Social and Humanities» Number 2 events in the form of clear optical (images) stories and describe them in the finer details that adults would not have noticed them at all
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