Abstract
This symposium addresses the needs of crime victims. Papers cover experiences of victims in the criminal process, research on crime victims by criminologists, responsibility of the media, psychiatric insights on crime victimisation and victim rehabilitation, services to victims, issues of sexual assault and domestic violence, and community-based victim service initiatives.
State Government Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, 15-17th September 1981
Contents
- Introduction
- Welcome - Cain and Abel
Mr W. Clifford - Keynote address
The Honourable K.T. Griffin, MLC, Attorney-General of Adelaide
Papers of the symposium
Session I - Criminal procedure, evidence and the crime victim
Chair: His Honour Judge L. Kingsley Newman
- Reconciling the interests of the victim with the rights of the accused - criminal laws of evidence
Mr B. Martin - The role of the victim in plea negotiations
Mr P. Sallmann - Interrogating the victim witness: the lawyer's duty
Dr G.D. Woods, QC
Session II - Legal representation for crime victims
Chair: Mr G.C. Prior, QC
- Legal representation for child victims
Ms L. Miller - Community justice centres: alternatives to prosecution
Mr K. Anderson - The victim on trial
Ms K. Boyer
Session III - Educating actual and potential crime victims
Chair: Mr C.R. Bevan
- Sexual assault in New South Wales
Mr P. Cashman - The role of the police in informing crime victims
Inspector J. Murray - The rights and options available to sexual assault victims
Mrs L. Henry
Session IV - Criminological research and the crime victim
Chair: Mr S.W. Johnston
- Who faces the greatest risk of becoming a crime victim
Mr D. Biles - Victims of women homicide offenders in New South Wales
Dr S. J. Egger - Children as victims of crime
Ms H. Gamble
Session V - The media and the crime victim
Chair: Mr T. Anderson
- The media as a cause of crime and fear
Mr P.W. Wynne and Dr T. Vinson - The decision-makers
Mr R. Holden - Portrayals of violence in the electronic media
Mr S. Joynt
Session VI - The mental health needs of crime victims
Chair: Dr W. Lucas
- Victims and their psychiatric needs
Professor R. Ball - Mental health needs of sexual assault victims
Dr R. Chambers - Survivor-victims and their problems
Dr R. Goldney
Session VII - Evaluating services to crime victims
Chair: Mr R.W. Whitrod
- An overview of services to sexually abused children and their families in New South Wales
Ms E. Lennon - Design and evaluation of victim service programmes
Mr M.K. Rook - Assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of services to crime victims
Mr G. Beltchev
Session VIII - Victims of sexual assault
Chair: Dr J.A. Scutt
- Child victims of sexual assault
Ms L. Norris - Rape victims - do they ask for it?
Dr C. Deller - Walk a mile in my shoes
Ms M. Levis
Session IX - Victims of domestic violence
Chair: Superintendent P. Hurley
- Exemplary prosecution of 'domestic violence' offenders
Mr J. Willis - Wives, employment and domestic violence
Ms Y. Carnahan - Alternatives to the criminal process for the domestic violence victim
Ms P. Stratmann
Session X - The role of the community in assisting victims of crime
Chair: Her Honour Judge Iris Stevens
- 'Dial-a-granny' community assistance to families under stress
Ms P.J. Barbour - Confronting the social isolation of multiproblem families
Dr E. Cunningham Dax - The church's response to the needs of crime victims: the role of Life Line
Dr B. McLellan - Conclusion