Prosecuting and defending offences against children
Subtitle: a practitioner's handbook
By: Lisa Joyal, Jennifer Gibson, Lisa Henderson, Emily Lam, David Berg
Series: Criminal law series; Criminal law series (Toronto, Ont.)
Publisher: Emond
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Toronto, Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 573
ISBN-13: 9781772552638
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Child abuse; Law and legislation; Children; Crimes against; Child witnesses
Description: "The book, as part of our Criminal Law Series, is an ... guide for both prosecution and defence counsel to offences involving children, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, internet child exploitation, child neglect, and child death (including expert medical evidence issues pre- and post-Goudge Inquiry that relate to the prosecution of such cases), as well as other selected offences. The text will explore the special accommodations available to children as witnesses, the assessment of childrens̉ evidence, and sentencing in child abuse cases."--
Notes: Includes table of cases.

At head of title: "Criminal Law Series: Brian H. Greenspan & Justice Vincenzo Rondinelli, general editors."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preparing the child witness; title: The evidence of children; title: Testimonial aids; title: Sexual offences against children; title: Internet child exploitation offences; title: The physical abuse of children; title: Child neglect; title: Child homicide and offences related to childbirth; title: Other offences against children; title: Trial considerations; title: Sentencing.