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Adversarial Justice and Victims' Rights - Reconceptualising the Role of Sexual Assault Victims (Hardcover)
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Adversarial Justice and Victims' Rights - Reconceptualising the Role of Sexual Assault Victims (Hardcover)
Series: Victims, Culture and Society
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Adversarial Justice and Victims' Rights explores the extent to
which reforms that offer victims enhanced rights to information and
participation across England and Wales, Ireland and South Australia
can address sexual assault victims' procedural and substantive
justice concerns. The rights, status and treatment of sexual
assault victims has emerged as a significant 21st-century concern,
occupying the forefront of legal commentary on international policy
agendas. Informed by the voices of 26 high-level criminal justice
professionals, legal stakeholders and victim support workers, and a
quantitative dataset, this book considers whether legal
representation can address some of the problems of the prosecution
process for sexual assault victims in Victoria and, indeed, in
other adversarial jurisdictions that employ similar legislative
frameworks. While acknowledging the value of victim-focused
reforms, the book contends that cultural changes to the ways in
which sexual assault victims are perceived and treated are
necessary in order to improve victims' experiences of the legal
process. Reconceptualising the role of sexual assault victims from
'witnesses' to 'participants' will also increase the likelihood
that victims' rights and interests will be considered alongside
those of the state and the accused. Situating its findings within
broader debates about the role, rights and treatment of sexual
assault victims in adversarial justice systems, the book outlines
prospects for the transfer of policy and practice between
jurisdictions. Adversarial Justice and Victims' Rights will be of
great interest to academic and policy stakeholders engaged in
criminology, law and socio-legal studies, as well as students
researching sexual violence and victims' access to justice.
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