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An evaluation of how evidence is elicited from complainants of child sexual abuse / Martine Powell,...

An evaluation of how evidence is elicited from complain...

An evaluation of how evidence is elicited from complainants of child sexual abuse / Martine Powell,...

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An evaluation of how evidence is elicited from complainants of child sexual abuse / Martine Powell, Nina Westera, Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Anne Sophie Pichler.

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Full title

An evaluation of how evidence is elicited from complainants of child sexual abuse / Martine Powell, Nina Westera, Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Anne Sophie Pichler.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Sydney : Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, 2016.

Sydney, NSW : Royal Commission into Institutional Responses into Child Sexual Abuse, August 2016.

Date

2016.

Record Identifier

74VKVxog2DMg

MMS ID

991024248828202626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (iii, 318 pages) : illustrations.

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Contents

Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Professionals' views on how to improve evidence-taking -- 3. Professionals' experiences with alternate measures -- 4. Factors that influence perceptions of cross-examination -- 5.Prosecution case file review -- 6. The usage of alternate measures -- 7.Review...

Publication information

Publisher

Sydney : Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, 2016.

Sydney, NSW : Royal Commission into Institutional Responses into Child Sexual Abuse, August 2016.

Place of Publication

New South Wales

Date Published

2016.

August 2016.

Access and use

Access Conditions

National edeposit: Available online Unrestricted online access

All material in this report is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Australia licence. Please see www.creativecommons.org/licenses for conditions and the full legal code relating to this licence.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

The ability of child sexual abuse complainants to give quality evidence is crucial for successful prosecution, but it can be problematic for complainants to give such evidence. For both child and adult complainants, a willingness to engage in the justice process, and the accuracy and usefulness of the evidence they give, can be affected by anxiety...

Alternative Titles

Full title

An evaluation of how evidence is elicited from complainants of child sexual abuse / Martine Powell, Nina Westera, Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Anne Sophie Pichler.

Notes

General note

"Report for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-318)

System details note

Mode of access: Available online.

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Record Identifier

74VKVxog2DMg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxog2DMg

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ISBN

9781925289718 PDF

MMS ID

991024248828202626