Rape myths as barriers to fair trial process: comparing adult rape trials with those in the Aotearoa Sexual Violence Court Pilot

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dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Elisabeth
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-24T20:47:54Z
dc.date.available2020-02-24T20:47:54Z
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.description.abstractRape Myths as Barriers to Fair Trial Process opens the courtroom door on rape trials to investigate how and why they re-traumatise complainants. Despite decades of targeted law reform, adult complainants still report that the process of being a witness is a significant point of re-victimisation. This book contains the findings of four years of research that compares the trial process in 30 adult rape cases from 2010 to 2015 (in which the defence at trial was consent) with 10 cases from the Sexual Violence Court Pilot heard in 2018. The aim of the research was to find out at which points in the questioning process the complainant displayed heightened emotionality, including distress, and why cross-examination (in particular) is so resistant to reform measures. Researchers also considered the extent to which the current rules of evidence and procedure are applied appropriately and consistently, and identified examples of best practice in order to develop proposals for changes to law and process.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18124/1xqx-hy30
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/18594
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCanterbury University Pressen
dc.rightsThe work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives Licence CC BY-NC-NDen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::48 - Law and legal studies::4804 - Law in context::480401 - Criminal lawen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::44 - Human society::4402 - Criminology::440218 - Victimsen
dc.titleRape myths as barriers to fair trial process: comparing adult rape trials with those in the Aotearoa Sexual Violence Court Piloten
dc.title.alternativeComparing adult rape trials with those in the Aotearoa Sexual Violence Court Piloten
dc.typeAuthored Booksen
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