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Author:   Pamela Radcliffe (Barrister and Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth) ,  Gisli H. Gudjonsson CBE (Professor Emeritus of Forensic Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London; Professor of Psychology at Reykjavik University) ,  Anthony Heaton-Armstrong (Barrister in independent practice) ,  David Wolchover (Barrister in independent practice)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.70cm
Weight:   0.822kg
ISBN:  

9780199672936

ISBN 10:   0199672938
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   21 January 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Evidential perspectives 1: Witness testimony: Context, vulnerabilities and issues 2: Prosecuting sexual offences in England and Wales 3: Disclosure issues in the investigation and trial of allegations of sexual assault 4: Abuse of process and delayed prosecutions 5: Two Aspects of the Statutory restriction on introducing the complainant s sexual history 6: Bad Character provisions and their application to sexual offences 7: Expert evidence in trials of sexual offences 8: Defending serious sexual assault: Ethical and effective advocacy 9: Sexual allegations against medical professionals 10: Sexual allegations and evidence gathering in the family court 11: International case studies 12: Institutional abuse inquiries Part II: Investigative and scientific perspectives 13: Analysing and improving the testimony of vulnerable witnesses interviewed under the Achieving Best Evidence protocol. 14: Investigative practice 15: Providing for the needs of witnesses 16: Understanding what children say: Avoiding the pitfalls of child testimony 17: Forensic science, forensic medicine and sexual crime 18: The interpretation of clinical signs of sexual abuse in children 19: Child and adolescent sexual assault examinations: Good practice and key issues 20: Common psychiatric, psychological and learning disorders and treatment 21: Neurological memory disorders 22: Memory and reliability: Developments and controversial issues 23: How misconceptions about memory may undermine witness testimony 24: Pathological lying 25: Conclusion

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This book is a wonderful resource and required reading for anyone who wants to understand this important subject. It combines a wealth of valuable information from different disciplines with great practical insight. His Honour Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC, the Recorder of London This is a 'must-read' book for all legal justice professionals, and experts, concerned with sexual cases. It is written in a simple, comprehensible way by leading academics, authoritative experts and senior practitioners. The diverse background of the contributing authors leads to a refreshing mix of styles, akin to attending a conference with a variety of speakers. Witness Testimony in Sexual Cases identifies and achieves the difficult task of bridging the knowledge gap that sometimes exists between the law and science in courts, especially in relation to the psychological sciences. The short chapters make the messages contained within them very easy to absorb. The international comparative perspective provides a stimulating and added dynamic to the text. This book will be an invaluable resource for every lawyer and justice professional, whether in the family, criminal or regulatory arena. Leslie Cuthbert, Vice-Chair of the Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates The investigation and prosecution of sexual offences presents a unique challenge for all those involved in the criminal justice system including police officers, lawyers and juries. This book provides very useful guidance and advice to those practitioners who wrestle daily with the complexities of understanding and explaining context around issues such as memory recall and managing the vulnerabilities of witnesses, and then navigating them through what can be a harrowing process. Additionally, for leaders and policy makers alike, it raises important challenges for our continued efforts to develop a system that provides the support, and, more importantly, the justice that victims deserve. Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt QPM, National Policing Lead for Adult Sexual Offences

`The result is not only a source of much practical assistance structured in an accessible and coherent manner but also a series of very valuable insights. (From the foreword).' The Right Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (from the Foreword)

This book is a wonderful resource and required reading for anyone who wants to understand this important subject. It combines a wealth of valuable information from different disciplines with great practical insight. His Honour Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC, the Recorder of London This is a 'must-read' book for all legal justice professionals, and experts, concerned with sexual cases. It is written in a simple, comprehensible way by leading academics, authoritative experts and senior practitioners. The diverse background of the contributing authors leads to a refreshing mix of styles, akin to attending a conference with a variety of speakers. Witness Testimony in Sexual Cases identifies and achieves the difficult task of bridging the knowledge gap that sometimes exists between the law and science in courts, especially in relation to the psychological sciences. The short chapters make the messages contained within them very easy to absorb. The international comparative perspective provides a stimulating and added dynamic to the text. This book will be an invaluable resource for every lawyer and justice professional, whether in the family, criminal or regulatory arena. Leslie Cuthbert, Vice-Chair of the Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates

The result is not only a source of much practical assistance structured in an accessible and coherent manner but also a series of very valuable insights. (From the foreword). The Right Hon. The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (from the Foreword)

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"Pamela Radcliffe was called to the Bar in 1979. Her practice has spanned both criminal (defending) and family jurisdictions, encompassing a broad range of complex and grave allegations, including serious sexual assault. Radcliffe's academic interest lies in the interface between psychology and the law, especially memory science and criminal justice issues associated with serious sexual allegations. She advocates an interdisciplinary approach towards professional legal education. Radcliffe is also interested in European justice models and comparative approaches towards the investigation and trial treatment of serious sexual crime. She is a Visiting Research Fellow with the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology at the University of Portsmouth. She has addressed criminal justice professionals, academics and charitable organisations on aspects of serious sexual crime and related criminal justice issues. Gisli H Gudjonsson CBE is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He is a registered practitioner (clinical and forensic) with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC). He is an Emeritus Professor of Forensic Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and a Professor of Psychology at Reykjavik University. Prior to his retirement from King's College London on 1st January 2012 he was the Head of Forensic Psychology Services for the Lambeth Forensic Services and Medium Secure Unit at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLaM). He has as extensive experience as an expert witness in cases involving witness testimony and was a lay magistrate in Croydon between 1990-1999. Professor Gudjonsson has been awarded two lifetime achievement awards and was appointed CBE in 2011 for his contribution to clinical psychology. He is still active in conducting research and publishing academic papers relevant to psychology and law. Anthony Heaton-Armstrong is a practising barrister and author of numerous published texts concerning criminal investigations and procedure and lead editor of the book's two predecessors, Analysing Witness Testimony and Witness Testimony: Psychological, Investigative and Evidential Perspectives . He has very extensive experience of acting as a defence and prosecution advocate in cases involving allegations of serious sexual assault and is on the Crown Prosecution Service panel of specialist rape prosecutors. He has served on a number of Government Committees tasked to consider improvements to the England and Wales criminal justice system and is legal editor of Medicine Science and the Law, the journal of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences. He is a trustee of the charity 'Witness Confident', and the General Council of the Bar's representative on the Forensic Science Regulator's Quality Standards Specialist Group. David Wolchover has been a barrister in independent practice for well over forty years, specialising in criminal defence work at all levels of complexity and gravity. For over ten years he was Head of Chambers at 7 Bell Yard (now Church Court Chambers). He is the author or co-author of a number of text-books and numerous articles and papers mainly on criminal evidence and procedure, is an acknowledged expert on, among other topics, PACE, bail, visual identification procedures and certain aspects of the trial of sexual offences and has been instrumental in securing a number of legislative and procedural criminal justice reforms. His particular interest in the recording of witness statements and visual identification has led to his becoming an acknowledged expert on the ""Lockerbie Bombing "", the destruction of Pan Am flight 103."

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