USC News: Law, psychology expert helps the littlest witnesses have their day in court
For 20 years, Thomas Lyon has been studying how to best interview child witnesses; now he’s making a difference in their court cases, too
June 08, 2018
USC Viterbi News: Making Children’s Voices Heard in the Courtroom
USC computer science undergraduate student Zane Durante is using artificial intelligence to identify truthful language in child forensic interviews.
June 17, 2019
USC News: Supreme Court turns to USC professor, alum and students’ work in key decision
The justices unanimously ruled that children’s statements to their teachers are admissible as testimony in court
June 30, 2015
USC News: USC Develops Virtual Tool to Train Child Interviewers
A joint research project between the USC Gould School of Law and the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) aims to train future investigative interviewers, helping them to ask the right questions and use the right techniques to get children to talk.
May 14, 2023
USC News: USC law professor launches nation’s first project on child witness testimony
Thomas Lyon awarded $2.9 million grant to build on program supporting children in abuse cases
November 02, 2017
Excited Utterance: Questioning Child Witnesses
Podcast interview with Thomas Lyon
March 20, 2017
USC News: Professor to Pursue Research on Maltreated Children
A USC Gould School of Law professor is launching the first project in the nation that will systematically test child interviewing techniques in dependency courts and in the field.
June 24, 2011
Brown University: The Right to Face Your Accuser: Child Abuse and the Sixth Amendment
September 7, 2015
USC News: A Lyon’s Share of the Accolades
May 7, 2010