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dc.contributor.authorPowell, Martine B
dc.contributor.authorWright, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-16T03:04:20Z
dc.date.available2021-08-16T03:04:20Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.issn1034-5329en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10345329.2009.12035841en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/406903
dc.description.abstractThis study presents a qualitative evaluation of the Video and Audio Taped Evidence (VATE) process involving vulnerable witnesses, introduced by Victoria Police in 1996. Specifically, this study presents an analysis of individual in-depth interviews with a diverse group of 25 key Victorian stakeholders (police officers, prosecutors, solicitors, defence lawyers, and members of the judiciary). The aim of the interviews was to provide an overview of the stakeholders' perceptions of the VATE system, with particular focus on the usefulness of VATE interviews viewed or used in the stakeholders' practice. The findings revealed unanimous support for electronic recording of witness statements. However, the stakeholders also perceived that the effectiveness of the system was impeded by several factors. These include: (a) frequent absence within the interviews of a coherent account and detail needed to prove the various offences, (b) inability to scrutinise questions asked prior to the VATE interview, (c) lack of feedback regarding how well the VATE system is working, and (d) the recording medium itself which produced statements of poor sound and visual quality. Three broad recommendations arising from the interviews are discussed.en_US
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherInforma UK Limiteden_US
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom205en_US
dc.relation.ispartofpageto218en_US
dc.relation.ispartofissue2en_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCurrent Issues in Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofvolume21en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociologyen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLawen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1602en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1608en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801en_US
dc.titleProfessionals' Perceptions of Electronically Recorded Interviews with Vulnerable Witnessesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPowell, MB; Wright, R, Professionals' Perceptions of Electronically Recorded Interviews with Vulnerable Witnesses, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2009, 21 (2), pp. 205-218en_US
dc.date.updated2021-08-13T02:11:03Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2009, Published by The Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.en_US
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