Eligibility, injury and healing: exploring culturally appropriate compensation for First Nations victims of crime in Western Australia [0.03%]
Charmaine Holyoak,Robert Guthrie
Charmaine Holyoak
This article canvasses three specific issues affecting First Nations applicants for criminal injuries compensation in Western Australia, which have broader application to issues arising in other Australian jurisdictions. First, we consider ...
Screening for borderline personality symptoms amongst adult offenders attending rehabilitation programmes [0.03%]
Dianna R Bartsch,Sophie Ransom,Kimberley J Gilson
Dianna R Bartsch
There is a paucity of research into rates of borderline personality disorder in Australian forensic settings. This paper aimed to describe self-reported borderline personality symptoms within a South Australian offender cohort attending reh...
Adults report positive perceptions of ground rule instructions in mock investigative interviews [0.03%]
Natali Dilevski,Sonja P Brubacher,Mohammed M Ali et al.
Natali Dilevski et al.
Ground rules establish the conversational expectations during an interview and are intended to reduce interviewee discomfort and increase response accuracy towards problematic interview questions. This study explored perceptions of ground r...
Éva Grünwald,Anita Deak
Éva Grünwald
This study examined legal practitioners' emotion regulation strategies and subjective moral emotions related to legal cases they handle. Forty-two participants recalled a civil law case and the emotions they experienced while handling the c...
Harmful sexual behaviours against siblings in New Zealand: could assessment of the family environment guide therapeutic intervention? [0.03%]
James Brennan,Kahn Tasker,Ian Lambie
James Brennan
The current study reports the findings of a pilot study on a community-based sample of adolescent males with harmful sexual behaviours (AHSBs) with sibling or non-sibling sexual offending. Specifically, the study aimed to determine whether ...
The experiences of victim/survivors of sexual violence who volunteer in Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA): an exploratory, qualitative study [0.03%]
Kelly Richards,Bridget Weir
Kelly Richards
Victim/survivors of sexual harm often volunteer in Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA); however, little has been documented about their experiences. This study investigates the experiences of victim/survivor volunteers through qual...
Mock juror perceptions of an adult autistic witness: effect of diagnostic label and witness intermediary presence [0.03%]
Joshua W S Smith,Celine van Golde
Joshua W S Smith
Courts providing basic diagnostic information to juries and using witness intermediaries have been proposed to assist autistic witnesses participating in criminal trials. The current study investigated whether these impact trial outcomes. P...
Therapeutic prevention of child sexual abuse: the Stand Strong, Walk Tall framework and overview [0.03%]
Sarah Beggs Christofferson,Gwenda Willis,Jacinta Cording et al.
Sarah Beggs Christofferson et al.
Approaches to addressing child sexual abuse as a widespread and damaging societal concern are increasingly broadening from a traditional focus on reducing reoffending to pursuing perpetration prevention at an earlier stage. The current pape...
Mengyu Lim,Lysia Tan,Donald Yeo
Mengyu Lim
The introduction of the Mental Capacity Act in Singapore represents a step forward in affirming individual autonomy. However, gaps remain in assessing mental capacity, which is needed for legal documentations such as Lasting Power of Attorn...
Is the continuum of coercion in psychiatry really a continuum? A statistical implication analysis [0.03%]
强制连续体在精神病学中真的是一个连续体吗？统计含义分析
Philippe Golay,Benedetta Silva,Debora Martinez et al.
Philippe Golay et al.
Formal coercion in psychiatry is widely studied, but less is known about informal coercion. Coercion is mostly viewed as a continuum, with formal coercion considered the most severe. The question of whether informal coercion might be percei...