Delayed Prosecution for Childhood Sexual Abuse

Zusatztext In a thorough, well-structured and impeccably researched treatment of the topic, Lewis throws much-needed light on the complexities of the evidential issues that the courts must negotiate in considering often very severely delayed allegations of childhood sexual abuse. For academics and practitioners alike this is an enlightening read. Informationen zum Autor Penney Lewis teaches criminal evidence and medical law at the School of Law, King's College London. She holds postgraduate law degrees from the University of Toronto, King's College London, and Columbia University, and clerked for Iacobucci J. at the Supreme Court of Canada. She is qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor in Ontario. From September 2007, she will be Professor of Law at King's College London. Klappentext Child sexual abuse prosecutions are often brought following a substantial delay of some years after the alleged abuse. This delay poses a variety of problems for the prosecutions. The book will examine the problems associated with criminal prosecutions commenced many years after the abusive incidents were alleged to have occurred, the response of the criminal justice system to such cases, and how the system should respond in order to ensure that the defendant receives a fair trial, while recognising the reasons why complainants may delay reporting abuse for many years. Zusammenfassung Discusses the psychological effects of childhood sexual abuse to shed light on the reasons why a victim might delay in making a complaint. This book introduces two categories of delay: those in which the victim remembered the abuse but was unable to complain; and those in which the victim's memory was allegedly lost and later recovered. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Limits on Prosecution 3: Abuse of Process 4: Prohibition 5: Delay in Complaint 6: Corroboration and Forensic Disadvantage 7: Recovered Memory 8: Multiple Allegations 9: Conclusion ...

Product details

• Authors: Penney Lewis, Penney (Reader in Law Lewis, Penny Lewis, Lewis Penney
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2006
• EAN: 9780199282289
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928228-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice; Oxford Monographs on Criminal; Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice; Oxford Monographs on Criminal
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Legal Reference / Law Profession, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, LAW / Criminal Law / Juvenile Offenders, LAW / Family Law / Children, Child abuse, Family law: children, Criminal law: offences against the person, Offences against the person, Juvenile Criminal Law, Wales / Cymru