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Brendan O’Mahony Registered Intermediary

Brendan O’Mahony Registered Intermediary 8 th International Conference on the Care & Treatment of offenders with a Learning Disability. Contents. Registered Intermediary. Vulnerable Witnesses. Learning Disability. Special Measures. What measures will help this witness? Intermediary?

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Brendan O’Mahony Registered Intermediary

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  1. Brendan O’Mahony Registered Intermediary 8th International Conference on the Care & Treatment of offenders with a Learning Disability UCLAN 17th April 2009

  2. Contents UCLAN 17th April 2009

  3. Registered Intermediary UCLAN 17th April 2009

  4. Vulnerable Witnesses UCLAN 17th April 2009

  5. Learning Disability UCLAN 17th April 2009

  6. Special Measures What measures will help this witness? Intermediary? Video-recorded evidence in chief? UCLAN 17th April 2009

  7. The Research so far….(Plotnikoff & Woolfson, 2007) UCLAN 17th April 2009

  8. Why should vulnerable suspects & defendants qualify for intermediaries? UCLAN 17th April 2009

  9. My research to date has explored UCLAN 17th April 2009

  10. What is the process with a defendant? Report written Recommending how to support defendant’s communication UCLAN 17th April 2009

  11. Research Method Unstructured Interviews x 5 - Qualitative Data(Exploratory) followed by Questionnaire x 30 – Quantitative Data analysed using SPSS UCLAN 17th April 2009

  12. Interviews (qualitative study)-emerging themes UCLAN 17th April 2009

  13. Quantitative study- example question UCLAN 17th April 2009

  14. The good points emerging UCLAN 17th April 2009

  15. And the issues to study… UCLAN 17th April 2009

  16. In summary: What the intermediaries say UCLAN 17th April 2009

  17. Planned Research UCLAN 17th April 2009

  18. Case Study UCLAN 17th April 2009

  19. Further reading • Jacobson, J. (2008). No-one Knows; Police responses to suspects with learning disabilities and learning difficulties: a review of policy and practice. Prison Reform Trust • Ministry of Justice (2007). Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance on Interviewing Victims and Witnesses, and using Special Measures. Criminal Justice System / Crown Prosecution Service • Office for Criminal Justice Reform. (2005). Intermediary Procedural Guidance Manual. London: Criminal Justice System. • Plotnikoff, J. & Woolfson, R. (2007). The “Go-Between”: evaluation of intermediary pathfinder projects. Research Summary 1. Ministry of Justice UCLAN 17th April 2009

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