Communication assistance is a form of specialist support for witnesses and defendants in
justice settings who have been identified as having communication difficulties. This new role …

Registered intermediaries are communication specialists appointed to facilitate the
communication of vulnerable witnesses participating in the criminal justice system in …

Cross-examination has long been considered an 'iconic'feature of adversarial criminal
proceedings used to test oral evidence. Over the course of the 20th century, however, it has …

Communication assistance is a form of specialist support for witnesses and defendants in
justice settings who have been identified as having communication difficulties. This relatively …

Child sexual abuse cases often do not result in convictions; this attrition is due to factors
inside and outside the control of the justice system. The aims of the current study were to:(1) …

The past several decades have witnessed a shift toward victim interests being considered
and incorporated within adversarial systems of justice. More recently, some jurisdictions …

Courts providing basic diagnostic information to juries and using witness intermediaries
have been proposed to assist autistic witnesses participating in criminal trials. The current …

For over a century, changes have been implemented in the way the evidence of adult and
child sexual assault complainants is received during the common-law adversarial trial …

Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission on the use of Witness Intermediaries in
Sexual Offence Trials Team Joshua Smi Page 1 Submission to the Australian Law Reform …

Special measures are alternative modes of evidence presentation by vulnerable witnesses,
such as child and adult complainants in child sexual assault (CSA) cases. They include …