When children testify in cases of child sexual abuse (CSA), they often provide minimal responses to attorneys’ questions. Thus, how attorneys ask questions may be particularly influential in shaping jurors’ perceptions and memory for case details. This study examined mock jurors’ perceptions after reading an excerpt of a CSA trial transcript. Participants’ memory of the excerpt was tested after a two-day delay. We examined how reading a direct or cross-examination excerpt that included either high or low temporal structure impacted participants’ perceptions, verdict decisions and memory reports. We found that participants who read a direct examination excerpt rated the child witness as more credible, were more likely to convict the defendant and had more accurate memory reports than those who read a cross-examination excerpt, regardless of temporal structure. Suggestions for improving jurors’ comprehension and recall of child statements presented as evidence in CSA cases are discussed.

当儿童在遭受儿童性虐待（CSA）的情况下作证时，他们通常只会对律师的问题做出最少的回应。因此，律师如何提出问题可能对塑造陪审员对案件细节的理解和记忆特别重要。这项研究在阅读了CSA试用记录的摘录后，检查了模拟陪审员的看法。在两天的延迟之后，测试了参与者对摘录的记忆。我们研究了阅读包含高或低时间结构的直接或交叉测试摘录如何影响参与者的感知，判断决定和记忆报告。我们发现，阅读直接检查摘录的参与者将儿童证人评为可信者，比阅读交叉询问摘录的参与者更有可能对被告定罪，并获得更准确的记忆报告，不论时间结构如何 讨论了提高陪审员对CSA案件中作为证据的儿童陈述的理解和回忆的建议。