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Obtaining the best evidence from children and witnesses with cognitive impairments - 'plus ça change' or prospects new?
Citation
Henning, T, Obtaining the best evidence from children and witnesses with cognitive impairments - 'plus ca change' or prospects new?, Criminal Law Journal, 37, (3) pp. 155-174. ISSN 0314-1160 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to examine some apparent lacunae in the current legal landscape for ovtaining the best evidence from children and witnesses with cognitive impairments. The most critical and intractable problems facing these witnesses in testifying are comprehension and communication. The article considers whether particular measures that have been implemented elsewhere to improve the questioning of these witnesses and to enhance the prospect of obtaining reliable evidence from them might be available in those Australian jurisdictions that are yet to legislate specifcally for them without the necessity for further statutory reform.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
Research Group: | Public law |
Research Field: | Public law not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Justice and the law |
Objective Field: | Justice and the law not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Henning, T (Associate Professor Terese Henning) |
ID Code: | 85466 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Deposited By: | Law |
Deposited On: | 2013-07-09 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-20 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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