Digital vulnerability: People-in-prison, videoconferencing and the digital criminal justice system

C McKay, K Macintosh - Journal of Criminology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced prisons into extended lockdowns, people-in-prison
have been increasingly reliant on remote access technologies such as videoconferencing to …

Extending witness intermediary schemes to vulnerable adult defendants

J Giuffrida, A Mackay - Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Australian States and Territories continue to reform criminal procedure to
provide assistance to vulnerable witnesses in an attempt to ensure they provide the best …

[HTML][HTML] Remote Criminal Justice and Vulnerable Individuals: Blunting Emotion and Empathy?

C McKay, K Macintosh - Tilburg Law Review, 2024 - tilburglawreview.com
In this article, we examine the effects of remote criminal justice on expressions and
perceptions of emotion. We draw on original interview data from the Australian Research …

When good intentions are not enough: Professionals' perceptions of the South Australian communication partner scheme

S Hoff, M Powell, D Plater - Australian Journal of Social Issues, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Children and other vulnerable parties such as those with a cognitive, social or
communication impairment frequently struggle to understand, and be understood in, the …