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The psychology of sexual offences for prosecutors
Welcome
Welcome (5:49)
For international prosecutors: How to use this course if you do not practice in England and Wales
Understanding juries
The psychology of jurors (8:41)
A jury deliberating on victim resistance (5:12)
A jury deliberating on victim reactions (3:46)
Report: Responding to the challenge of rape myths in court
Understanding sex offenders
Introduction (3:31)
Paul the psychopath (11:18)
Simon the sadist (7:12)
Kate the paedophile (3:20)
Daryl the denier (8:46)
Tariq the coper (5:03)
What's it got to do with sex? (16:37)
Pulling it all together (2:25)
Handout: Understanding sex offenders
Further reading
Understanding victims
Why didn't Tessa fight? (8:43)
Why isn't Jake's memory very good? (6:18)
Why didn't Beth tell anyone? (6:04)
Guest expert interview: Dr Jim Hopper on memory and trauma (29:08)
Further reading
What are these cases about?
What is crucial evidence in these cases? (8:17)
Investigations: Victim interviews
When to interview victims (0:53)
The trauma memory interview for recent or traumatised victims (7:42)
Setting up an effective interview (1:58)
Interview tactics: Treat every case as a stranger assault (1:24)
Interview tactics: The suspect-focused victim interview (4:03)
Interview tactics: Using trauma as evidence of a lack of consent (2:17)
Interview tactics: Asking challenging questions (1:43)
Interview tactics: Dealing with rape myths (0:45)
Interview tactics: Making sense of the things that don't make sense (1:25)
Handout: Misconceptions about sexual violence
Further reading
Investigations: Suspect interviews
Setting up an effective suspect interview (3:51)
Interview tactics: Be the right audience (5:58)
Interview tactics: Victim selection (6:08)
Interview tactics: Victim isolation (5:13)
Interview tactics: The alleged offence and consent (5:39)
Interview tactics: What happened next? (5:04)
Setting up your case theory (2:35)
Handout: Thinking about suspect interviews
Further reading
False reports
Putting false reports into perspective (4:48)
Why would someone make a false report? (10:23)
Prosecutions: Case theory
Prosecutions: Establishing your case theory (2:54)
Prosecutions: Presenting the case to the jury (4:02)
Prosecutions: Getting to know the jury
Getting to know the jury (26:32)
Prosecutions: Complainant evidence in court
Prosecutions: The complainant as a witness (2:03)
Prosecutions: Dealing with challenges and misconceptions (4:16)
Prosecutions: Questioning the defendant in court
Prosecutions: Questioning the defendant in court (19:13)
Handout: How sex offenders may present in court
The complainant's journey
Introducing this series of videos
Behind the scenes: Making the complainant videos (7:18)
Complainant 1 (13:12)
Complainant 2 (23:16)
Complainant 3 (12:43)
Complainant 4 (24:23)
Looking after yourself
Looking after yourself when your work centres on sexual offences (15:09)
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Prosecutions: The complainant as a witness
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