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Published in final edited form as: J Interpers Violence. 2021 Jun 13;37(15-16):NP13902–NP13927. doi: 10.1177/08862605211006369

Table 2.

Proportions of Total Lines of Questioning Asked by Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys, and Overall.

	Children Asked at Least One Line of Questioning about Each Topic	Proportion of All Prosecutors’ Questions		Proportion of All Defense Attorneys’ Questions		Proportion of All Questions
	N (%)	N	M (SD)	N	M (SD)	N	M (SD)
Direct accusations	50 (78.1)	154	.04 (.05)	49	.08 (.07)	203	.03 (.05)
Indirect accusations	56 (87.5)	182	.04 (.04)	218	.10 (.12)	490	.05 (.05)
Implied conversational influence	45 (70.3)	76	.01 (.02)	111	.04 (.07)	187	.02 (.03)
Implied incidental influence	40 (62.5)	86	.02 (.03)	72	.02 (.02)	158	.02 (.03)
Other subtle influences	33 (51.6)	25	.01 (.01)	41	.01 (.02)	68	.01 (.01)
All credibility attacks	59 (92.2)	336	.07 (.07)	265	.13 (.15)	601	.90 (.07)
All lines of questioning	64 (100)	4,628	-	2,475	-	7,103	-