Victim/survivor-focused Justice Responses and Reforms to Criminal Court Practice

Victim/survivor-focused Justice Responses and Reforms to Criminal Court Practice
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Total Pages : 74
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ISBN-10 : 192203844X
ISBN-13 : 9781922038449
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Book Synopsis Victim/survivor-focused Justice Responses and Reforms to Criminal Court Practice by : Nicole Bluett-Boyd

Download or read book Victim/survivor-focused Justice Responses and Reforms to Criminal Court Practice written by Nicole Bluett-Boyd and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reforms have been underway over the last three decades to address the disadvantages that victim/survivors of sexual assault face within the criminal justice system in Australia. Such reforms include expansion of advocate services, specialisation of police, alternative provisions for giving evidence at trial, and changes to jury instructions. This report was commissioned to examine the implementation of these reforms and their impact on the victim/survivor experience. Drawing on interviews with 81 criminal justice professionals including counsellors, lawyers and judges, it looks at victim/survivor-focused approaches, promising and innovative practices, the take up of reforms, the factors that enable or inhibit victim-focused reforms being embedded in court practices, and the potential for future reform.


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