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- Title
Oiling the wheels of justice?
- Authors
Nagia-Luddy, Fairouz; Waterhouse, Samantha
- Abstract
Child court preparation services play a key role in sexual offences courts. These services enhance the ability of child witnesses to testify. This is largely because they support the child, which builds the child's resilience to secondary victimisation and trauma that arise from exposure to the unempathetic systems characteristic of courts. Effective services should, however, draw on a range of disciplines. This article describes the court preparation and support provided by RAPCAN's Child Witness Project and describes the considerations that underpin the services provided.
- Subjects
SOCIAL justice; SEX crime prevention; SELF-control; SOCIAL control; CHILD witnesses; CRIME victims; COURTS
- Publication
SA Crime Quarterly, 2009, Issue 29, p35
- ISSN
1991-3877
- Publication type
Article