The Cognitive Interview in Polish criminal proceedings

The place of the Principle of Proceedings within a reasonable time in the criminal proceedings

Observing a reasonable deadline throughout the criminal investigation process, as one of the most fundamental defensive rights of the accused, emphasizes the importance of reasonable expediting in the process of proceedings in a high degree of accuracy, which considers necessary for the fair trial and the desired outcome of criminal proceedings. Delivering justice within a reasonable time is on...

Polish Criminal Process after the Reform

Obtaining the child testimony in the criminal proceedings.

Children fall under the special category of vulnerable witnesses. Children's vulnerability is the reason that we must approach obtaining the child's testimony in the criminal proceedings with special attention. It is important to take the child's testimony as soon as possible and to avoid the repetition of interrogation. The criminal proceedings law and the juvenile court law enable children in...

Pathology of Fulfillment of Offenders' Corrective-Therapeutic Goals through Personality Records (Personality File) in Criminal Proceedings

One of the important innovations of the 1392 criminal Procedure Code (Reformed in 1394) is the recognition of a person's case file; the implementation of which in the criminal prosecution process reveals the deep link between law and medical science. Looking at the legal material in the case file, one can conclude that the purpose of the victim's correction and treatment, especially in the proc...

The use of neuroscientific evidence in Canadian criminal proceedings

This article addresses the question of how neuroscientific evidence is currently used in the Canadian criminal justice system, with a view to identifying the main contexts in which this evidence is raised, as well as to discern the impact of this evidence on judgements of responsibility, dangerousness, and treatability. The most general Canadian legal database was searched for cases in the five...