Sexual assault nurse examiners' experiences providing expert witness court testimony.

'We desperately need some help here'--The experience of legal experts with sexual assault and evidence collection in rural communities.

INTRODUCTION Approximately 30% of people in rural communities report a sexual assault within their lifetime. The medico-legal response to a report of sexual assault may leave a significant impact on the victim. The purpose of this article is to examine the experiences of legal providers from rural communities, who assist victims of sexual assault. METHODS A sample of expert participants were ...

Prosecutorial Use of Expert Witness Testimony in Sexual Assault Cases

Recent Home Office research indicates that complainants in sexual offence cases still struggle to gain credibility in the eyes of police, prosecutors and jurors. This article examines some of the credibility barriers confronting victims of sexual offences within the criminal process. In the USA, prosecutors have utilised expert witness testimony in an effort to educate jurors and restore credib...

TX: sexual assault nurse expert (SANE) testifies: SANE's testimony in criminal case held admissible.

Special Measures in Rape Trials: Exploring the Impact of Screens, Live Links and Video-Recorded Evidence on Mock Juror Deliberation

In England and Wales, in accordance with the adversarial principle of orality, witnesses in criminal proceedings are generally required to give evidence ‘live’ in open court. It is, nevertheless, now widely accepted that this obligation can place onerous demands on witnesses and militates against receipt of the best evidence potentially available in some cases. For victims of rape, the process ...

Gender and the experience of mental health expert witness testimony.

Mental health expert witness testimony involves complex tasks, and the capacity to perform under pressure is a fundamental skill of a forensic professional. In this context, it is important to understand the nuances of the provision of expert witness testimony. There have been several efforts to examine gender bias across legal and medical systems. Despite these reviews, little is known about h...