| Delay Pros Child Sex Abuse Omclj: C C Contributor(s): Lewis, Penney (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199282285 ISBN-13: 9780199282289 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: Child sexual abuse prosecutions are often brought following a substantial delay of some years after the alleged abuse. This delay poses a variety of problems for the prosecutions. The book will examine the problems associated with criminal prosecutions commenced many years after the abusive incidents were alleged to have occurred, the response of the criminal justice system to such cases, and how the system should respond in order to ensure that the defendant receives a fair trial, while recognising the reasons why complainants may delay reporting abuse for many years. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Criminal Law - General |
| Dewey: 345.025 |
| LCCN: 2006000072 |
| Series: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.68" W x 9.42" (1.22 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Child sexual abuse prosecutions are often brought following a substantial delay of some years after the alleged abuse. This delay poses a variety of problems for the prosecutions. The book will examine the problems associated with criminal prosecutions commenced many years after the abusive incidents were alleged to have occurred, the response of the criminal justice system to such cases, and how the system should respond in order to ensure that the defendant receives a fair trial, while recognising the reasons why complainants may delay reporting abuse for many years. |