scholarly journals Technology facilitated re-victimization: How video evidence of sexual violence contributes to mediated cycles of abuse

2021 ◽  
pp. 174165902110503
Author(s):  
Kaitlyn Regehr ◽  
Arija Birze ◽  
Cheryl Regehr
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Violent Crimes ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process ◽  
Video And Audio ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Criminal Justice Professionals

With the ubiquity of technological devices producing video and audio recordings, violent crimes are increasingly captured digitally and used as evidence in the criminal justice process. This paper presents the results of a qualitative study involving Canadian criminal justice professionals, and asks questions surrounding the treatment of video evidence and the rights of victims captured within such images. We argue that loss of control over personal images and narratives can re-traumatize survivors of sexual violence, creating technologically-facilitated cycles of abuse that are perpetuated each time images are viewed. We find that the justice system has little to no consistent policy or procedure for handling video evidence, or for ameliorating the impact of these digital records on survivors. Subsequently, we assert that the need for a victim-centred evidence-based understanding of mediated evidence has never been greater.

scholarly journals The Admissibility of Scientific Expert Evidence Under Indonesian Criminal Justice System

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Wanodyo Sulistyani
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Expert Testimony ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Expert Evidence ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Process Reliability ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process ◽  
The Impact

In many cases, such as corruption and forestry-related crimes, an expert has a significant role in explaining the impact of the crime. For instance, scientific expert evidence is required to disclose about the ecological destruction that occurred due to the defendant's criminal activities. In practices, the issue with scientific expert evidence is supposed to be about its admissibility in court. For this issue, the U.S. Court applies Rules of Evidence in considering the admissibility of scientific expert evidence at trial. Those are some requirements (prong test) to be met before expert testimony is admissible. In contrast, the Indonesian Criminal Procedural Law (KUHAP) or other laws do not set any prong test for presenting specialist scientific evidence to be acceptable. Lack of such proof may impact criminal justice process reliability and place expert under vulnerable position. Therefore, this paper will explore the issue on scientific expert evidence under Indonesian criminal law as well as its consequences and impacts for the Indonesian criminal justice process.

scholarly journals Rape, inequality and the criminal justice response in England: The importance of age and gender

2019 ◽  
pp. 174889581986309
Author(s):  
Sarah-Jane Lilley Walker ◽  
Marianne Hester ◽  
Duncan McPhee ◽  
Demi Patsios ◽  
Anneleise Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Minority Ethnic Group ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Criminal Justice Response

This article draws upon quantitative and content analysis of 585 reports of rape recorded within two police force areas in England in 2010 and in 2014 tracking individual incidents to eventual outcome to examine the impact, if any, of intersecting inequalities on trajectories of rape cases reported to police. The data were collected as part of the wider Economic and Social Research Council funded Justice, Inequality and Gender-Based Violence research project which examined victim-survivor experiences and perspectives on justice. Building on existing distinctions between types of rape case based on the relationship between victim-survivor and accused, the results suggest age and gender are significant factors in how sexual violence, and the criminal justice system, is experienced. While younger women and girls were disproportionately affected by certain types of sexual violence case and more likely to come into contact with the criminal justice system compared to men and older women, they were not necessarily more likely to achieve a conviction. The findings also confirm that some of the most vulnerable victims-survivors of sexual violence, especially those with poor mental health, are still not achieving criminal justice. Victims-survivors from Black and minority ethnic group or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer groups are underrepresented within the criminal justice system, implying these groups are not seeking a criminal justice response in the same way as ‘white’ heterosexual victims-survivors.

scholarly journals Challenges of Effective Communication in the Criminal Justice Process: Findings from Interviews with Victims of Sexual Offences in Australia

Laws ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Rhiannon Davies ◽  
Lorana Bartels
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Sexual Offences ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process

This article focuses on gendered experiences of the criminal justice system, specifically the experiences of adult female victims of sexual offending and the communication difficulties they experience during the criminal justice process. Drawing on the findings from qualitative interviews about sentencing with six victims and 15 justice professionals in Australia, we compare the lived experiences of the victims with the perceptions of the justice professionals who work with them, revealing a significant gap between the information justice professionals believe they are providing and the information victims recall receiving. We then analyse the international literature to distil effective communication strategies, with the goal of improving victims’ experiences of the criminal justice system as a whole. Specifically, we recommend verbal communication skills training for justice professionals who work with victims of crime and the development of visual flowcharts to help victims better understand the criminal justice process. We also recommend that Australian victims’ rights regimes be reformed to place the responsibility for providing information about the criminal process on the relevant justice agencies, rather than requiring the victim to seek this information, and suggest piloting automated notification systems to help agencies fulfil their obligations to provide victims with such information.

scholarly journals Attitudes, Rape and Law Reform in South Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 414-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charnelle van der Bijl ◽  
Philip N. S. Rumney
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Judicial Decision Making ◽  
Rape Law ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process ◽  
The Impact

In the last decade South Africa has undergone an extensive process of sexual offence law reform. This process has attempted, amongst other things, to address deficiencies in the criminal justice response to rape and has also recognised some of the limits to the impact of legal reform. These limits are partly defined by rape supportive attitudes and myths that appear to influence decision-making at all points in the criminal justice process. In South Africa, and many other jurisdictions, evidence suggests that police, prosecutorial and judicial decision-making is influenced, in part, by a range of social attitudes that misconstrue sexual violence, as well as serve to undermine the credibility of complainants. This article examines the impact of myths, social definitions of rape on rape law reform in South Africa and the points at which these reforms are likely to be undermined by social attitudes and what potentially might be done to address this problem.

scholarly journals Diversion from custody: An update

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 375-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Birmingham ◽  
Olusola Awonogun ◽  
Howard Ryland
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
List Type ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
The Past ◽  
Important Landmark ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process ◽  
The Impact

SummaryLiaison and diversion services are concerned with ensuring that individuals with mental health problems and related vulnerabilities who come into contact with the criminal justice system receive appropriate support and treatment. In the past 15 years there have been significant changes in policy, legislation and the broader landscape in community, custodial and hospital settings which have shaped these services. The Bradley Report, published in 2009, represents an important landmark in this field. Bradley made 82 recommendations, from interventions to improve identification of mental illness and vulnerable individuals at risk of offending to effecting speedier transfers of mentally disordered prisoners to hospital. Some progress has been made in achieving these recommendations, and further investment is promised, but at present only half of England is covered by liaison and diversion services.LEARNING OBJECTIVES•Appreciate how services have developed over the past 15 years to provide support and treatment and divert mentally disordered people from custody at all stages in the criminal justice process•Recognise how government policy has shaped the development of liaison and diversion services over the past 15 years•Understand the impact of the 2007 amendments to the Mental Health Act on the diversion of mentally disordered people from custody

scholarly journals Dogs in the criminal justice system: Consideration of facility and therapy dogs

2018 ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Spruin
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Therapy Dogs ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Current Opinion ◽  
Secondary Victimisation ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process ◽  
Practical Analysis

It is known that the criminal justice process is most often perceived as a negative experience by victims, witnesses, as well as defendants. Whilst measures have been put into place across the globe to improve their experiences, there is still much more which needs to be done, especially as the process can involve secondary victimisation of those participating in it and prolonged trauma. The current opinion piece centres on the use of trained dogs to help the experiences of criminal justice system users during active cases. Whilst this practice is mostly used in North America, hints at bringing varying types of dogs into the criminal justice system are visible elsewhere, too. With the criminal justice users in mind, it is key to establish, from the offset, the positives of such service, but also be very aware of its limitations and challenges, in order for the service delivering what it aims without causing a disruption to the criminal justice process or its users. This piece provides a theoretical and practical analysis of topicssurrounding the use of specially trained dogs to support criminal justice system users with the view of highlighting our lack of knowledge on the topic and practical challenges of this service.

scholarly journals Mereposisi Korban dalam Sistem Peradilan Pidana di Indonesia: Suatu Keterlemparan (gowerfen-sein) dalam Mitos Modernitas

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 525
Author(s):  
Rocky Marbun
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Grand Narrative ◽  
The People ◽  
Critical Approaches ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process

Myths in the modern era are things that are considered like truth. It arises through the process of hegemony and dialectical domination by the authority in history. So, myth is a phenomenon of common sense without criticism. The state's presence in the criminal justice process as a grand narrative identified with the interests of victims and society, in general, is common sense without criticism. This study aims to reveal whether the myth of modernity is a representation of victims in the Criminal Justice System. This study uses a normative juridical method based on secondary data with several models of approaches, including conceptual approaches, philosophical approaches, and critical approaches. The result of this research shows the phenomenon of objectification and reification of the people as victims in the Criminal Justice System in Indonesia. Mitos dalam era modern merupakan hal-hal yang diandaikan begitu saja sebagai suatu kebenaran. Hal tersebut tampil melalui proses hegemoni dan dominasi dalam dialektika otoritas dalam sejarah. Sehingga, mitos merupakan suatu fenomena common sense tanpa kritik. Kehadiran negara dalam proses peradilan pidana sebagai narasi tunggal (grand narrative) yang diidentikan dengan kepentingan korban dan masyarakat secara umum, merupakan common sense tanpa kritik. Penelitian ini ditujukan untuk membongkar apakah mitos modernitas tersebut merupakan representasi korban dalam Sistem Peradilan Pidana. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode yuridis normatif yang berbasis kepada data sekunder dengan beberapa model pendekatan, antara lain pendekatan konseptual, pendekatan filsafat, dan pendekatan kritis. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan adanya fenomena objektivikasi dan reifikasi terhadap masyarakat sebagai korban dalam Sistem Peradilan Pidana di Indonesia.  

scholarly journals Pemenuhan Hak Rekreasional Terhadap Narapidana Anak Di Lembaga Pembinaan Khusus Anak Banda Aceh

Media Iuris ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
Zulyani Mahmud ◽  
Zahratul Idami ◽  
Suhaimi Suhaimi
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Inhibitory Factors ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process ◽  
The Right ◽  
Banda Aceh

This article discusses and describes the task of the Banda Aceh Special Development Institute (LPKA) in providing guidance and fulfilling the rights of children in lpka. Law No. 11 of 2012 on the child criminal justice system in Article 3 states that every child in the criminal justice process has the right to conduct recreational activities, but in fact the fulfillment of children’s recreational rights has not been carried out to the maximum while in LPKA. The research method used is empirical juridical research method. The results showed the granting of Recreational Rights has not been running optimally, from within the LPKA is done by giving a schedule of play to students on holidays, activities carried out are playing volleys and playing musical instruments, activities outside lpka is to be a guest at discussion events held by other parties. not clearly regulated how the granting of recreational rights, the granting of recreational rights is done only on the basis of the policy of the Head of LPKA. Inhibitory factors in the absence of a special budget for the granting of recreational rights.Keywords: Fullfillment; Right; Recreational; Child Prisioner.Artikel ini membahas dan menganilis tugas Lembaga Pembinaan Khusus Anak (LPKA) Banda Aceh dalam memberikan pembinaan dan mempenuhi hak-hak anak di dalam LPKA, Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2012 tentang sistem peradilan pidana anak dalam Pasal 3 menyebutkan bahwa setiap anak dalam proses peradilan pidana berhak melakukan kegiatan rekreasional, Namun dalam faktanya pemenuhan hak rekreasional anak belumlah terlaksana dengan maksimal selama di LPKA. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode penelitian yuridis empiris. Hasil penelitian menunjukan pemberian Hak Rekreasional belum berjalan maksimal, dari dalam LPKA dilakukan dengan cara memberikan jadwal bermain kepada anak didik di hari libur, kegiatan yang dilakukan adalah bermain volley dan bermain alat musik, kegiatan di luar LPKA yaitu menjadi tamu pada acara-acara diskusi yang di selenggarkan pihak lain. tidak diatur secara jelas bagaimana pemberian hak rekreasional tersebut, pemberian hak rekreasional dilakukan hanya atas dasar kebijakan Kepala LPKA. Faktor Penghambat tidak adanya anggaran khusus untuk pemberian hak rekreasional.Kata Kunci: Pemenuhan; Hak; Rekreasional; Narapidana Anak.

The American Death Penalty

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-390
Author(s):  
Carol S. Steiker ◽  
Jordan M. Steiker
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Defense Counsel ◽  
System A ◽  
Capital Cases ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process

The Supreme Court’s constitutional regulation of the American death penalty has yielded a plethora of doctrines that have shaped an alternative criminal justice process that is (mostly) limited to capital cases. Many of these doctrines offer a vision and practice of “roads not taken” in the ordinary criminal justice process that would be attractive improvements in that larger system. We consider three of these doctrines: (1) more searching review of the proportionality of sentencing outcomes; (2) imposition of a requirement of individualized sentencing that has led to the investigation and presentation of in-depth evidence in mitigation; and (3) greater regulation of the adequacy of defense counsel that has moved closer to a “checklist” model of mandated practices. Each of these doctrines was born and developed under the Court’s “death is different” regime of constitutional regulation, and each of them has to some limited extent moved beyond the strictly capital context into the broader criminal justice process. We explain how these alternative models present attractive improvements for the broader noncapital system—a view that casts the Court’s regulation of the American death penalty as a progressive laboratory that can yield alternative, more protective, and more idealized processes for the ordinary criminal justice system. Yet we also caution that the “differentness” of death—and of juvenile offenders, the noncapital context to which the Court is most likely to import its death penalty innovations—can also serve to normalize and entrench the less protective, less idealized practices that exist outside of these realms.

scholarly journals REDRESSING THE ONLINE TRANSACTION FRAUD VICTIM TREATMENT AND INTEREST FULFILLMENT IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 650
Author(s):  
Anton Hendrik Samudra
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Material Loss ◽  
Loss Recovery ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process

This article gives idea on how to redress online transaction fraud victim in criminal justice system. The method applied is by looking scholars’ studies, statutes, observation of victimization process and interviewing law enforcement and victim. In several occasions, investigators turned to blame the victim when they report the crime. For several unsolved cases, the victim asked to revoke their report. This caused by investigator’s view that victim recklessness and failure to think what is deservedly suppose is the main cause of the crime. Treatment and interest fulfillment of online transaction fraud victim in criminal justice system should be redressed, such as the accommodation of material loss recovery, and regarding the victim’s interest during criminal justice process.

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