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3 results foundAuthor: Cape, Ed Title: Effective Criminal Defence in Europe: Executive Summary and Recommendations Summary: This executive summary provides an overview of the results of the research project entitled "Effective defence rights in the EU and access to justice: investigating and promoting best practice', which was conducted over a three year period commencing in September 2007. The aim of the project was to explore and compare access to effective defense in criminal proceedings across nine European jurisdiction. Details: Antwerp; Intersentia, 2010. 31p. Source: Internet Resource Year: 2010 Country: Europe URL: Shelf Number: 119373 Keywords: CourtsCriminal ProceedingsDefense Attorneys |
Author: Pezdek, Kathy Title: A Preliminary Study of How Plea Bargaining Decisions by Prosecution and Defense Attorneys Are Affected by Eyewitness Factors Summary: This preliminary study attempted to assess how appraisals of the strength of eyewitness evidence affect plea bargaining decisions by prosecutors and defense attorneys. A sample of 93 defense attorneys and 46 prosecutors from matched counties in California participated. The attorneys had extensive experience practicing law and trying felony criminal cases in Superior Court. The attorneys were presented four scenarios in which two specific eyewitness factors – (a) same- versus cross-race identification and (b) prior contact or not – were experimentally manipulated in a factorial design. After reading each scenario, they were asked five questions regarding whether they would plea bargain the case, the lowest/highest plea bargain they would offer/accept, and their estimate of the probability that the defendant was guilty and the probability that they would win the case if it went to trial. This study attempted to experimentally assess how these typical decisions regarding plea bargaining are influenced by variations in the strength of two eyewitness factors, and the whether this pattern of results differs for prosecutors versus defense attorneys. Details: Claremont Graduate University, 2012. 46p. Source: Final Technical Report: Internet Resource: Accessed April 24, 2012 at https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/238136.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/238136.pdf Shelf Number: 125057 Keywords: Criminal EvidenceCriminal ProceedingsDefense AttorneysEyewitness IdentificationPlea BargainingProsecutors |
Author: Hayes, David Title: The Experiences of Young Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings in Northern Ireland Summary: In April 2010, the Department of Justice commissioned a research team from Queen's University Belfast and the NSPCC to undertake a study on the experiences of young witnesses giving evidence in courts in Northern Ireland in order to inform policy and practice in this jurisdiction. The methodology for the research involved structured interviews with young prosecution witnesses who received a service from the NSPCC’s Young Witness Service (YWS) and their parent/carer, analysis of referral forms completed by YWS staff in relation to the young witnesses who participated in the study and a survey of all YWS volunteers and Children’s Services Practitioners (CSPs). The report of the findings provides a useful insight into the views of young people and also makes a series of recommendations for improving current processes and provisions. Details: Belfast; Northern Ireland Department of Justice, 2011. 74p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 11, 2012 at: http://www.dojni.gov.uk/index/statistics-research/stats-reseach-publications/the_expierences_of_young_witnesses_in_criminal_proceedings_in_northern_ireland.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.dojni.gov.uk/index/statistics-research/stats-reseach-publications/the_expierences_of_young_witnesses_in_criminal_proceedings_in_northern_ireland.pdf Shelf Number: 125540 Keywords: Child Witnesses (Northern Ireland)CourtsCriminal Proceedings |