achieving best evidence: special measures & the role of the intermediary with the vulnerable...
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Brendan O’Mahony Registered Intermediary
8th International Conference on the Care & Treatment of offenders with a Learning
Disability
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Contents
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Registered Intermediary
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Vulnerable Witnesses
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Learning Disability
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Special Measures
What measures will help this
witness?
Intermediary?Video-recorded
evidence in chief?
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The Research so far….(Plotnikoff & Woolfson, 2007)
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Why should vulnerable suspects & defendants qualify for intermediaries?
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My research to date has explored
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What is the process with a defendant?
Report writtenRecommending how to support defendant’s communication
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Research MethodUnstructured Interviews x 5 - Qualitative Data(Exploratory) followed byQuestionnaire x 30 – Quantitative Data analysed using SPSS
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Interviews (qualitative study)-emerging themes
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Quantitative study- example question
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The good points emerging
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And the issues to study…
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In summary: What the intermediaries say
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Planned Research
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Case Study
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Further readingFurther reading• Jacobson, J. (2008). No-one Knows; Police responses to suspects
with learning disabilities and learning difficulties: a review of policy and practice. Prison Reform Trust
• Ministry of Justice (2007). Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance on Interviewing Victims and Witnesses, and using Special Measures. Criminal Justice System / Crown Prosecution Service
• Office for Criminal Justice Reform. (2005). Intermediary Procedural Guidance Manual. London: Criminal Justice System.
• Plotnikoff, J. & Woolfson, R. (2007). The “Go-Between”: evaluation of intermediary pathfinder projects. Research Summary 1. Ministry of Justice
• Jacobson, J. (2008). No-one Knows; Police responses to suspects with learning disabilities and learning difficulties: a review of policy and practice. Prison Reform Trust
• Ministry of Justice (2007). Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance on Interviewing Victims and Witnesses, and using Special Measures. Criminal Justice System / Crown Prosecution Service
• Office for Criminal Justice Reform. (2005). Intermediary Procedural Guidance Manual. London: Criminal Justice System.
• Plotnikoff, J. & Woolfson, R. (2007). The “Go-Between”: evaluation of intermediary pathfinder projects. Research Summary 1. Ministry of Justice
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