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  • Formaat: Hardback, 700 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 1360 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 28-Oct-2014
  • Kirjastus: Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 0854901221
  • ISBN-13: 9780854901227
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 700 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 1360 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 28-Oct-2014
  • Kirjastus: Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 0854901221
  • ISBN-13: 9780854901227
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The law and procedure relating to sexual offences is notoriously complex. Since the advent of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the law (both as to the offences and as to sentencing) changes depending on when the offence was committed, the age of the parties involved and the nature of the act committed. . This new edition of the Sexual Offences Handbook has been updated to reflect the latest law, practice and procedure in all cases involving historic and recent sexual offences, providing a step-by-step approach from the perspectives of both prosecution and the defence.

Written by practitioners and academics with extensive experience of researching, preparing and presenting such trials, this practical and accessible work will prove an invaluable reference for those working within this specialised area of criminal law. This new edition:

covers new legislation, case-law and guidance is essential for dealing with all recent and/or historic allegations considers new sexual offences sentencing guidelines . deals with indecent images and other prohibited publications
Foreword xi
Acknowledgements xiii
List of Abbreviations
xv
Sexual Offences Trial Chart xvii
Sexual Offences Checklist xix
Part One Practice and Procedure
1(226)
1 Preliminaries
3(80)
1.1 Abuse of process and nolle prosequi
3(7)
1.2 Commencement
10(1)
1.3 Court selection
11(13)
1.4 Disclosure
24(12)
1.5 Guilty pleas
36(6)
1.6 Indictments
42(9)
1.7 Judicial review of decisions
51(4)
1.8 Jurisdiction
55(5)
1.9 Publicity
60(18)
1.10 Trials in private
78(5)
2 Witnesses
83(30)
2.1 Abandoning a witness
83(1)
2.2 Age of a witness
84(1)
2.3 Character of a witness
85(6)
2.4 Competence
91(1)
2.5 Compellability
92(2)
2.6 Hostility
94(1)
2.7 Oaths
95(1)
2.8 Parents
96(1)
2.9 Questioning on sexual behaviour
97(6)
2.10 Special measures
103(4)
2.11 Summonses
107(3)
2.12 Transsexuals and intersex complainants
110(3)
3 Evidence
113(44)
3.1 Alternatives and mixed verdicts
113(2)
3.2 Attempts
115(1)
3.3 Burden and standard of proof
116(2)
3.4 Conspiracy
118(1)
3.5 Complaints
119(2)
3.6 Corroboration
121(2)
3.7 Delay
123(1)
3.8 Distress
124(1)
3.9 Exclusion of evidence
125(2)
3.10 Expert evidence
127(5)
3.11 Hearsay evidence
132(10)
3.12 Identification
142(5)
3.13 Joint enterprise and conspiracy
147(1)
3.14 Motive
148(1)
3.15 Preparatory hearings
149(4)
3.16 Rebuttal
153(1)
3.17 Terminating and evidentiary rulings
153(3)
3.18 Transferred malice
156(1)
3.19 Vicarious liability
156(1)
4 Defendants (Identified)
157(50)
4.1 Absence
157(1)
4.2 Acting in person
158(2)
4.3 Age
160(3)
4.4 Bail
163(2)
4.5 Character
165(14)
4.6 Co-defendants
179(1)
4.7 Confessions
180(2)
4.8 Death
182(1)
4.9 Defence statements
183(2)
4.10 Fitness to plead
185(5)
4.11 Lies
190(2)
4.12 Parents
192(3)
4.13 Silence/adverse inferences
195(4)
4.14 Special arrangements for vulnerable defendants
199(5)
4.15 Submission of no case to answer
204(3)
5 Defences (Other than Consent)
207(20)
5.1 Accident
207(1)
5.2 Alibi
208(2)
5.3 Automatism and parasomnia
210(2)
5.4 Collusion
212(1)
5.5 Doli incapax
213(2)
5.6 Duress
215(1)
5.7 Fabrication
216(1)
5.8 Innocent association
217(1)
5.9 Insanity
217(3)
5.10 Intoxication
220(3)
5.11 Mistake
223(1)
5.12 Necessity
224(1)
5.13 Self-defence
224(3)
Part Two Law
227(362)
6 Historic Sexual Offences (Offences Committed before 1 May 2004)
229(100)
6.1 Introduction and interpretation
229(4)
6.2 Rape
233(6)
6.3 Burglary with intent to rape
239(2)
6.4 Buggery
241(5)
6.5 Assault with intent to commit buggery
246(2)
6.6 Procuring others to commit buggery
248(2)
6.7 Procuring or facilitating intercourse
250(6)
6.8 Sexual intercourse with children
256(3)
6.9 Incest
259(7)
6.10 Indecent assaults
266(9)
6.11 Gross indecency
275(3)
6.12 Indecency with children
278(2)
6.13 Sexual offences against those with a mental disorder
280(13)
6.14 Abuse of trust offences
293(3)
6.15 Prostitution offences
296(25)
6.16 Abduction offences
321(8)
7 Undated and Spanning Offences (Offences Committed on or after 1 January 1957 to Date)
329(4)
7.1 Undated offences
329(1)
7.2 Offences that span 1 May 2004
329(2)
7.3 Offences that span changes in sentencing legislation
331(1)
7.4 Drafting the indictment
332(1)
8 Current Sexual Offences (Offences Committed on or after 1 May 2004)
333(234)
8.1 Introduction to the SOA 2003
333(1)
8.2 Consent -- the complainant
334(10)
8.3 Consent -- the defendant
344(2)
8.4 Interpretation
346(1)
8.5 Non-consensual offences
347(21)
8.6 Child sexual offences
368(46)
8.7 Position of trust offences against children (sections 16--19)
414(14)
8.8 Familial offences
428(19)
8.9 Complainants with a mental disorder (sections 30--44)
447(44)
8.10 Prostitution and trafficking
491(47)
8.11 Preparatory offences (sections 61--63)
538(9)
8.12 Miscellaneous offences (sections 66--71)
547(20)
9 Indecent, Prohibited and Pornographic Images, and Obscene Publications
567(22)
9.1 Indecent, prohibited and extreme pornographic images
567(18)
9.2 Obscene publications
585(4)
Part Three Sentencing
589(186)
10 Sentencing in General
591(20)
10.1 Introduction
591(1)
10.2 General sentencing topics
591(20)
11 Sentencing for Offences Committed before 4 April 2005
611(14)
11.1 Introduction
611(1)
11.2 Custodial sentences
611(10)
11.3 Community orders (PCC(S)A 2000, sections 33--36B, 41--51)
621(2)
11.4 Fines and discharges
623(1)
11.5 Orders under the MHA 1983
623(1)
11.6 Sex offender orders (CDA 1998, section 2)
623(1)
11.7 Restraining orders (SOA 1997, section 5A)
623(1)
11.8 Other orders
624(1)
12 Sentencing for Offences Straddling 1 May 2004 or 4 April 2005
625(4)
12.1 Sentencing where offences straddle 1 May 2004
625(1)
12.2 Sentencing where the offence or offences straddle 4 April 2005
625(4)
13 Sentencing for Offences Committed on or after 4 April 2005
629(50)
13.1 Sentencing generally
629(1)
13.2 Custodial sentences generally
630(7)
13.3 Dangerousness
637(7)
13.4 Life sentences
644(7)
13.5 Extended sentences (CJA 2003, sections 226A and 226B)
651(3)
13.6 Imprisonment/detention for public protection and extended sentences (CJA 2003, sections 225, 226 227 and 228 as in force prior to 3 December 2012)
654(1)
13.7 Combining sentences
654(1)
13.8 Offenders under the age of 18
655(1)
13.9 Determinate custodial sentences -- offenders aged 21 or over
656(1)
13.10 Determinate custodial sentences -- offenders aged under 21
656(5)
13.11 Suspended sentences (CJA 2003, sections 189-192)
661(1)
13.12 Community sentences
662(8)
13.13 Fines
670(2)
13.14 Discharges
672(1)
13.15 Orders under the MHA 1983 (as amended by the MHA 2007)
673(6)
14 Orders and Requirements which May be Imposed Irrespective of when the Offence was Committed
679(52)
14.1 Confiscation
679(6)
14.2 Deprivation orders
685(2)
14.3 Compensation orders
687(1)
14.4 Sexual offences prevention orders
688(11)
14.5 Serious crime prevention orders
699(2)
14.6 Restraining orders
701(1)
14.7 barring from working with adults and/or children
702(2)
14.8 Notification
704(10)
14.9 Sexual harm prevention orders (not yet in force)
714(9)
14.10 Sexual risk orders (not yet in force)
723(8)
15 Orders Available on Separate Application by the Police
731(8)
15.1 Introduction
731(1)
15.2 Sexual offences prevention orders
731(1)
15.3 Foreign travel orders
731(3)
15.4 Risk of sexual harm orders
734(3)
15.5 Sexual harm prevention orders (not yet in force)
737(1)
15.6 Sexual risk orders (not yet in force)
737(2)
16 Sentencing Tables
739(36)
16.1 Introduction
739(1)
16.2 Criminal Justice Act 2003, Schedules 15 and 15B
740(12)
16.3 Sexual Offences Act 2003, Schedules 3 and 5
752(11)
16.4 Relevant offences for automatic barring
763(12)
Part Four Other Offences
775(28)
17 Other Relevant Offences
777(26)
17.1 Assaults and cruelty
777(4)
17.2 Bigamy
781(2)
17.3 Disorderly Houses
783(1)
17.4 Female genital mutilation
784(1)
17.5 Firearms and other weapons
785(4)
17.6 Forced marriage and honour crimes
789(1)
17.7 Harassment
790(2)
17.8 Homicide
792(1)
17.9 Indecent exposure
793(1)
17.10 Kidnap, false imprisonment and child abduction
793(3)
17.11 Outraging public decency
796(2)
17.12 Perverting the course of justice
798(1)
17.13 Public order
799(1)
17.14 Wilful neglect, cruelty, etc
799(2)
17.15 Witness intimidation
801(2)
Index 803
Felicity Gerry QC specialises in high profile, serious and complex fatal, sexual and violent offences.She has appeared on all major television and radio networks and writes regularly for the broadsheet and legal press. She holds a research post at Charles Darwin University and has a column in Criminal Law and Justice Weekly.

Catarina Sjölin is a senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. She spent 15 years at the Bar ultimately specialising in tough cases involving a wide range of serious violence, appearing on behalf of the defence or prosecution. She has written for Counsel Magazine and Criminal Law and Justice Weekly. Lyndon Harris is a barrister, sentencing expert and legal commentator. He sits on the board of the Halsbury's Law Exchange. He has appeared on national television and radio to discuss and explain matters pertaining to the criminal law and sentencing and has written for The Times, The New Statesman and Criminal Law and Justice Weekly. He writes for and edits Banks on Sentence and is co-editor of UK Criminal Law Blog.