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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 *.
* 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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* 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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* 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 |
* 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 |
“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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