Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3030697908
ISBN-13
9783030697907
Edition
2021 ed.
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 16th, 2021
Print length
261 Pages
Weight
460 grams
Dimensions
21.90 x 15.60 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
AustraliaHistory of other landsSociology: family & relationshipsSociology: family, kinship and relationshipsCrime & criminologyCrime and criminologyLaw & societyLaw and society, sociology of lawLegal historyInternational criminal lawPublic international law: criminal lawHistory of other geographical groupings and regions or specific cultures / societies / groups / peoples
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This book considers the law, policy and procedure for child witnesses in Australian criminal courts across the twentieth century.
This book considers the law, policy and procedure for child witnesses in Australian criminal courts across the twentieth century. It uses the stories and experiences of over 200 children, in many cases using their own words from press reports, to highlight how the relevant law was – or was not - applied throughout this period. The law was sympathetic to the plight of child witnesses and exhibited a significant degree of pragmatism to receive the evidence of children but was equally fearful of innocent men being wrongly convicted. The book highlights the impact ‘safeguards’ like corroboration and closed court rules had on the outcome of many cases and the extent to which fear – of children, of lies (or the truth) and of reform – influenced the criminal justice process. Over a century of children giving evidence in court it is `clear that the more things changed, the more they stayed the same’.
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