ارزیابی توانایی های شهادت در قربانیان معلولیت ذهنی

The ability to testify in victims with intellectual disabilities is commonly based on stereotypes, rather than on its reality–there is a big heterogeneity within this collective. This is the reason why there is a need for a procedure that allows us to specifically know the cognitive characteristics of ID victims with the aim to adapt the police and judicial procedures to their capacities and properly evaluate the information given in their testimonies. CAPALIST, an interview protocol, was developed with the goal of evaluating the cognitive capacities that would intervene in testimony. In this paper, this tool is described and specific data is given about its use with four victims of sexual abuse. The results show small differences in between-judges resolution. In conclusion, CAPALIST could be a useful tool in the evaluation of testimony in victims with intellectual disabilities.