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Craig, Elaine

 
9780228006534: Putting Trials on Trial: Sexual Assault and the Failure of the Legal Profession
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ISBN 10 : 0228006538 ISBN 13 : 9780228006534
Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Less than one percent of the sexual assaults that occur each year in Canada result in legal sanction for those who commit these offences. Survivors often distrust and fear the criminal justice process, and as a result, over ninety percent of sexual assaults go unreported. Unfortunately, their fears are well founded. In this thorough evaluation of the legal culture and courtroom practices prevalent in sexual assault prosecutions, Elaine Craig provides an even-handed account of the ways in which the legal profession unnecessarily - and sometimes unlawfully - contributes to the trauma and re-victimization experienced by those who testify as sexual assault complainants. Gathering conclusive evidence from interviews with experienced lawyers across Canada, reported case law, lawyer memoirs, recent trial transcripts, and defence lawyers' public statements and commercial advertisements, Putting Trials on Trial demonstrates that - despite prominent contestations - complainants are regularly subjected to abusive, humiliating, and discriminatory treatment when they turn to the law to respond to sexual violations. In pursuit of trial practices that are less harmful to sexual assault complainants as well as survivors of sexual violence more broadly, Putting Trials on Trial makes serious, substantiated, and necessary claims about the ethical and cultural failures of the Canadian legal profession.

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À propos de l'auteur

Elaine Craig is associate professor in the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

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Éditeur
McGill-Queen's University Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0228006538
ISBN 13 
9780228006534
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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