We want to modernise the procedures and infrastructure of our courts and tribunals, leading an effective, efficient and coordinated justice system across all the civil, criminal and family justice jurisdictions.
We can be contacted at the following email address: evidence_partnerships@justice.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The use of special measures (i.e., provisions introduced by the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act, 1999) to support vulnerable witnesses giving evidence in court has recently increased dramatically. Best-practice u...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Keele University
The project investigates the use and effectiveness of special measures used with vulnerable witnesses, which directly relates to the needs and experiences of victims and witnesses in distressing cases.
I will use my institutional and AHRC leave to complete a book project, 'Victims of Crime, Social Exclusion and Criminal Justice'. This book will be a socio-legal analysis of the rights of victims of crime in the UK crimi...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University of Manchester
The project analyzes the rights of victims of crime in the criminal justice system, which directly relates to the needs and experiences of victims and witnesses in distressing cases.
This interdisciplinary project examines public access to justice in England over three centuries - from the 1670s to the present. Bringing together leading criminologists and crime historians, it will assemble and analys...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Essex
The project examines public access to justice in England over three centuries, which partially relates to the needs and experiences of victims and witnesses in distressing cases.