European Perspectives on Attrition in Sexual Offenses

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Many factors contribute to attrition in sexual offense cases from victim reluctance to systemic barriers. This book examines the attrition of sexual offenses across seven countries—Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and Türkiye. Using various jurisdictions and legal systems sheds light on how those systems' distinctive features impact investigation and adjudication. Through the critical analyses of various sexual offenses and statistical data, European Perspectives on Attrition in Sexual Offenses demonstrates how cases continue to attrite through their journey from commencement to the finalization within the European criminal justice systems. This book would be of interest to scholars studying criminology, criminal justice, and law as well as practitioners within the criminal justice and legal professions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-07-24
Mått160 x 236 x 20 mm
Vikt531 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
MedarbetareDerencinovic,Davor
ISBN9781666925135

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Straffrätt: process och brott inom Juridik
Brottslighet och kriminologi inom Samhalle och politik
Internationell rätt inom Juridik

List of Cases List of LegislationsForeword by Davor Derencinovic, Judge (ECHR)Acknowledgments Introduction by Rahime ErbasChapter One: Addressing the Problem of Rape Myths in Jury Decision Making: Lessons from The UK Jurisdictions by Fiona Leverick Chapter Two: Attrition in Sexual Offenses and Legal Procedural Models: The Italian Case by Armando Saponaro Chapter Three: Outside the Legal Framework: Myths and Stereotypes in Spanish Sexual Assault Cases by Elisa Simó Soler, Miguel Lorente Acosta and Elena Martínez GarcíaChapter Four: Reform Needs in German Criminal Law on Sexual Offenses: The Non-Compromise of “No-Means-No” by Lena Gmelin and Hannah Wörner Chapter Five: The Legal Framework as A Way of Correcting Attrition in Sexual Offences: Lessons Learned from Sweden by Dennis MartinssonChapter Six: Italian Criminal Justice and Sexual Offenses by Lucia Parlato and Marta Palmisano Chapter Seven: Between Challenges and Appropriate Response to Sexual Violence: The Example of Bosnia and Herze

Accountability for sexual assault lies at the complex intersection of human behavior, interpersonal relations, societal biases, and criminal law and process. Today, many nations are struggling to refine law to achieves an optimum balance between efficacy of criminal accountability and fundamental fairness. This highly valuable and instructive comparative treatment of sexual assault reform efforts throughout Europe highlights these efforts; a resource of significant value for lawmakers, judges, and members of civil society engaged in this process. Indeed, this is the true value of comparative law writ large: affording those responsible for making and implementing law the opportunity to learn from the methods and processes of other legal systems. To that end, this work provides what I believe will be an especially valuable contribution, as it captures the initiatives triggered by the recognition that the existing systems of criminal law and process are failing too many victims of these despicable crimes.