Journal article
Cross-examination of sexual assault complainants on previous sexual behaviour: views from the barristers' row
- Abstract:
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This study constitutes the largest empirical study of the use of previous sexual behaviour evidence in sexual offence trials in the courts of England and Wales ever conducted. It is impossible to understand how such evidence is handled in trials merely from reading reported judgments, because these reflect only cases which the defence has appealed to the Court of Appeal on the basis that such evidence was wrongly excluded by the trial judge, since the prosecution does not have an equivalent r...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Sweet and Maxwell Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Criminal Law Review Journal website
- Volume:
- 2019
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 77-114
- Publication date:
- 2019-01-14
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-11-13
- ISSN:
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0011-135X
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:951527
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:951527
- Source identifiers:
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951527
- Deposit date:
- 2018-12-11
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- Copyright holder:
- Sweet and Maxwell
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- Copyright 2019 Sweet and Maxwell. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The definitive published version is available online on Westlaw UK or from Thomson Reuters DocDel service.
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