We're back in a Crown Court somewhere in England and Wales but we're taking a temporary break from rape and serious sex offence cases. First, because there's something I want you to see. Second, because if we're examining mainstream claims that rape trials are \"different\" then we need to see what happens in non-rape trials... don't we?
Brereton, D., 'How Different are Rape Trials: A Comparison of the Cross-examination of Complainants in Rape and Assault Trials' (1997) 37 BJCrim 242-261 available here: HOW DIFFERENT ARE RAPE TRIALS? | The British Journal of Criminology | Oxford Academic
Topics covered in this episode: s9 Theft Act 1968 (burglary of a dwelling); s1 Theft Act 1968 (theft); special measures for vulnerable witnesses; refusal of special measures by a vulnerable witness; police interview with an unrepresented suspect in withdrawal; the forensic implications of a negative result in an identification procedure.
Rape on Trial is a fly-on-the-wall style documentary podcast giving listeners a unique and detailed insight into the real-life workings of the criminal process, criminal law and proceedings in England and Wales.
Through a series of in-depth case-studies drawing on case files and trial proceedings, we see for ourselves houw the criminal justice system actually works in cases of rape and serious sexual offences, and how it doesn't.