Full Description
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.
Contents
List of Cases
List of Legislations
Foreword by Davor Derencinovic, Judge (ECHR)
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Rahime Erbaş
Chapter 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 García
Chapter 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 Martinsson
Chapter 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 Herzegovina by Ena Kazić- Çakar
Chapter Eight: Attrition in Sexual Offenses with Evidentiary Challenges: The Example of Türkiye by Rahime Erbaş, Neslihan Can, Ahsen Akdemir and Selen Çakırhan
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