Rape & Justice in Ireland
A national study of survivor, prosecutor and court responses to rape
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Rape & Justice in Ireland (RAJI): Realising Justice, Reducing Rape Seminars 2010
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Watch speeches from the first RAJI conference 2009
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Powerpoint presentations of speeches from the first RAJI conference 2009
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Photographs from the first RAJI conference 2009
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RAJI: The book in more detail
- Buy Rape & Justice in Ireland book
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Rape & Justice in Ireland: An Introduction and Executive Summary
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Rape & Justice in Ireland: Handbook
Speakers included the RAJI authors, the RCNI Legal Director and DI Declan Daly, the Head of An Garda Síochána Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Investigation Unit, amongst others. The findings of RAJI, the relationship with the National Strategy, the HSE strategy and the Garda Policy concerning sexual violence, and local practice were discussed.
The RCNI invited a specific and strategically selected audience. In all there were 380 participants from the NGO, HSE and Justice Sectors amongst others. A handbook was developed summarising key RAJI findings (500 copies disseminated) and the RAJI Executive Summary was available to all participants.
These seminars did more than achieve a deeper understanding of the RAJI findings. They achieved greater cross agency understanding and relationships were created and strengthened both locally and nationally.
Photographs from the Kilkenny Seminar:
Powerpoint presentations of speeches from the first RAJI conference 2009
This book is an important advance in our understanding of the reasons why so many rape cases are lost from the system during their progress from incident to reporting, to final court hearing, (the rate of attrition) resulting in very low conviction rates for rape in Ireland. The book also offers a unique insight into the Irish justice system as the authors were granted unprecedented access to the files of the DPP, the courts and the direct experiences of survivors of rape.
Part 1 examines the early stages of attrition in rape cases by tracking the experience of rape survivors up to the point where any file goes to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Part 2 focuses on the attrition rates at the next stage of the criminal justice process. It looks at a larger sample of case files already submitted to the DPP and performs a quantitative analysis on questionnaires on each file completed by DPP staff members. Part 3 describes the further process of attrition as rape cases move through the courts, using a retrospective methodology to analyse court records and trial transcripts over a four year period.
About the Authors
RAJI: An Introduction & Executive Summaryavailable here |
RAJI: Handbook |
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