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Questioning Vulnerable People - Part 2 - resources for participants

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Reading

The list below contains many relevant research and practical resources available online. This list may be updated from time to time. We recommend you spend at least two hours preparing for the forum. 

If you have limited time for preparation, the presenters recommend you access the items with *.

Practical resources

* Benchmark Benchmark provides evidence-based guidelines, case law and other relevant resources to assist legal professionals working with people who may be vulnerable in the New Zealand legal system. Visit website
* Talking Trouble Aotearoa NZ Speech/language specialists/Communication assistants.

Addressing the speech, language and communication needs of children, youth and adults involved with justice, care and protection, mental health and behaviour services.

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New Zealand

* All the proper protections - the Court of Appeal rewrites the rules for the cross-examination of vulnerable witnesses Dr Emily Henderson
Crim. L.R. 2014, 2, 93-108

Criminal Law Review 2014 © 2018 Sweet & Maxwell and its Contributors

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* R v Aitchison–Communications Assistant [2017] NZHC 3222 [19 December 2017] Download PDF
* Rape myths as barriers to fair trial process: comparing adult rape trials with those in the Aotearoa Sexual Violence Courts Professor Elisabeth McDonald

(With Paulette Benton-Greig, Sandra Dickson and Rachel Souness).

Canterbury University Press February 2020
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Thinking differently in order to see accurately: Explaining why we are convicting women we might otherwise be burying Professor Julia Tolmie, University of Auckland

June 2019

(Inaugural Lecture)
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* Survivors Speak: How the Criminal Justice System Responds to Sexual Violence Nina Funnell, Bri Lee, and Saxon Mullins. (With Jonathan Crowe and Nick James).

Transcript of panel discussion hosted by the Faculty of Law at Bond University on 6 June 2019.

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* Transforming legal understandings of intimate partner violence (Research report 03/2019). Sydney, NSW: ANROWS Tarrant, S., Tolmie, J., & Giudice, G. (2019). Download PDF
What were they thinking? A discussion paper on brain and behaviour in relation to the justice system in New Zealand Dr Ian Lambie

Chief Science Advisor for the Justice Sector

29 January 2020
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The Hui Process: a framework to enhance the doctor–patient relationship with Maori Cameron Lacey, Tania Huria, Lutz Beckert, Matea Gilles, Suzanne Pitama
NZMJ 16 December 2011, Vol 124 No 1347
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What is known about effective recovery services for men who have been sexually abused – Summary of evidence. Carswell, S.L., Donovan, E.G., Kaiwai, H.M. 2019.

Ministry of Social Development, Wellington

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Law Commission Report 136: The justice response to victims of sexual violence: Criminal trials and alternative processes Law Commission

7 December 2015

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Sexual Violence Pilot Courts

* Young Witnesses in New Zealand’s Sexual Violence Pilot Courts Isabel Randell, Fred Seymour, Clare McCann, Tamara Anderson, Suzanne Blackwell

May 2020

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Sexual Violence court pilot evaluation Sue Allison and Tania Boyer from Gravitas Research and Strategy Limited

June 2019

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Sexual violence pilot court information including best practice guidelines (for court processes) and designated offences list   Visit website
RNZ news story on Sexual Violence Courts   Visit website


UK

* The Advocate’s Gateway The Advocate’s Gateway (TAG) provides free access to practical, evidence-based guidance on vulnerable witnesses and defendants Visit website
  The Advocate’s Gateway - Training video Visit website
Lexicon Limited

Co-founders of the Advocate’s Gateway

Lexicon provides consultancy, research and training services to public and private organisations working in the justice system. It undertakes projects in criminal, civil and family jurisdictions and its clients include government departments, professional bodies, major charities and leading companies. View website
Inclusive justice: a system designed for all.
Report on inquiry.
Equality and Human Rights Commission (Britain)
June 2020
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Judge Sally Cahill Speaking to judges Watch video
Start at 12mins 
Report on review of ways to reduce distress of victims in trials of sexual violence UK Ministry of Justice 2014 View website
The experiences of young witnesses in criminal proceedings in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Ministry of Justice View website

USA

“Scared, shaking, and nervous, and crying”: Perspectives of people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities on the Criminal Justice System Jennifer C Sarrett
18 May 2020
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