Rape Myths as Barriers to Fair Trial Process
Canterbury University Press (Verlag)
978-1-988503-19-6 (ISBN)
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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.
Elisabeth McDonald is a Professor of Law at the University of Canterbury. She has taught and published in the areas of sexual and family violence, law and sexuality, criminal law and the law of evidence for 30 years, as an academic and as the Policy Manager for the evidence law reference at the New Zealand Law Commission. Elisabeth is the author of a number of evidence law textbooks and online legal resources, as well as co-editor of 'From "Real Rape" to Real Justice' (2011) and 'Feminist Judgments Aotearoa: Te Rino, the Two-Stranded Rope' (2017). In June 2018, she became a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for Services to Law and Education.
Foreword
Contributors
Preface and acknowledgements
Note to the reader
CHAPTER ONE: A research response to reform resistant questioning process in adult rape
CHAPTER TWO: About the research: cases, methodology and analysis.
CHAPTER THREE: Research focussing on rape myths: exposing or reinforcing?
CHAPTER FOUR: Complainant care and support before and during the trial
CHAPTER FIVE: Admissibility decisions in adult rape cases: evidence of the complainant's disposition in sexual matters
CHAPTER SIX: Admissibility decisions in adult rape cases: other rules of significance
CHAPTER SEVEN: Representations and meaning of consent in questioning and jury directions
CHAPTER EIGHT: Form, content and control of questions about complainant credibility
CHAPTER NINE: Rape myths: reinforcement and resistance in closings and jury directions
CHAPTER TEN: Proposals for changes to law and practice
APPENDIX ONE: Summaries of the cases in the principal and pilot studies
APPENDIX TWO: Relevant legislation
APPENDIX THREE: Trial process reform in adult rape cases: summary for consultative workshops
APPENDIX FOUR: Workshop attendees
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.06.2020 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Paulette Benton-Greig, Sandra Dickson, Rachel Souness |
| Verlagsort | Christchurch |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 300 mm |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Besonderes Strafrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-988503-19-1 / 1988503191 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-988503-19-6 / 9781988503196 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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