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Vulnerable witnesses

Vulnerable witnesses Useful websites Vulnerable witnesses Because of the enormous number of relevant sites, this column will be confined to British sites (for this issue only). Please forward suggestions about topics and sites for future columns to bwilliam@dmu.ac.uk. The Home Office website can be difficult to navigate but it does have a useful set of FAQs on the special measures for vulnerable and intimidated witnesses under the 1999 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (www.homeoffice.gov.uk/cpd/pvu/faqwitness.pdf). A baseline study of witnesses’ views and the extent to which special measures were used before the legislation came into force has been published. This will provide an invaluable basis for comparison (www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/r147.pdf). In Scotland, the minister for justice has published a consultation paper, Vital Voices: Helping Vulnerable Witnesses Give Evidence, which is available at www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/justice/hvwm.pdf It reports research undertaken specifically for the consultation. The debate on special measures is covered thoroughly on www.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_1962000/196224 5.stm The site also has links to the Scottish Courts Service and NCH. The final report of a working group on proposals for Northern Ireland is available at www2.nio.gov.uk/990906cjp-nio.htm The Crown Prosecution Service website provides leaflets, press releases, and policy documents, as well as the report on racial discrimination in the operation of the service. The up-to-date leaflet on the treatment of victims and witnesses is at www.cps.gov.uk/Home/Victims Women’s Aid provides an up-to-date summary of research on the protection of women and children experiencing violence in the home: www.womensaid.org.uk/policy/rights%20under%20criminal% 20law.htm The London Borough of Waltham Forest has prepared Supporting Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses: A Witness Support Pack. It is available in full at www.lbwf.gov.uk/community/wsp/index.stm Finally, there is a brief, general guide to the abuse of vulnerable adults, with very short case studies, on the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ site. It appears to have been prepared as a briefing to inform the debate on the 1999 Act. It is at www.rcpsch.ac.uk/college/parliament/vulnerableAdults.htm Brian Williams Criminal and Community Justice Studies Unit De Montfort University 44 © Pavilion Publishing (Brighton) Limited The Journal of Adult Protection Volume 4 Issue 4 • November 2002 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Adult Protection Emerald Publishing

Vulnerable witnesses

Williams, Brian
The Journal of Adult Protection , Volume 4 (4): 1 – Nov 1, 2002
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Useful websites Vulnerable witnesses Because of the enormous number of relevant sites, this column will be confined to British sites (for this issue only). Please forward suggestions about topics and sites for future columns to bwilliam@dmu.ac.uk. The Home Office website can be difficult to navigate but it does have a useful set of FAQs on the special measures for vulnerable and intimidated witnesses under the 1999 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (www.homeoffice.gov.uk/cpd/pvu/faqwitness.pdf). A baseline study of witnesses’ views and the extent to which special measures were used before the legislation came into force has been published. This will provide an invaluable basis for comparison (www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/r147.pdf). In Scotland, the minister for justice has published a consultation paper, Vital Voices: Helping Vulnerable Witnesses Give Evidence, which is available at www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/justice/hvwm.pdf It reports research undertaken specifically for the consultation. The debate on special measures is covered thoroughly on www.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_1962000/196224 5.stm The site also has links to the Scottish Courts Service and NCH. The final report of a working group on proposals for Northern Ireland is available at www2.nio.gov.uk/990906cjp-nio.htm The Crown Prosecution Service website provides leaflets, press releases, and policy documents, as well as the report on racial discrimination in the operation of the service. The up-to-date leaflet on the treatment of victims and witnesses is at www.cps.gov.uk/Home/Victims Women’s Aid provides an up-to-date summary of research on the protection of women and children experiencing violence in the home: www.womensaid.org.uk/policy/rights%20under%20criminal% 20law.htm The London Borough of Waltham Forest has prepared Supporting Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses: A Witness Support Pack. It is available in full at www.lbwf.gov.uk/community/wsp/index.stm Finally, there is a brief, general guide to the abuse of vulnerable adults, with very short case studies, on the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ site. It appears to have been prepared as a briefing to inform the debate on the 1999 Act. It is at www.rcpsch.ac.uk/college/parliament/vulnerableAdults.htm Brian Williams Criminal and Community Justice Studies Unit De Montfort University 44 © Pavilion Publishing (Brighton) Limited The Journal of Adult Protection Volume 4 Issue 4 • November 2002

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