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The Role of the Interpreter in the Legal System of Northern Ireland

The Role of the Interpreter in the Legal System of Northern Ireland. POLICE. Suspects; victims; witnesses Procedures Interviewing techniques Specialist areas. COURTS. Magistrates’ Court Crown Court Family Youth. PRISONS. Lawyer consultations Video links Parole Board.

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The Role of the Interpreter in the Legal System of Northern Ireland

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  1. TheRole of the Interpreter in the Legal System of Northern Ireland

  2. POLICE • Suspects; victims; witnesses • Procedures • Interviewing techniques • Specialist areas

  3. COURTS • Magistrates’ Court • Crown Court • Family • Youth

  4. PRISONS • Lawyer consultations • Video links • Parole Board

  5. The Interpreter Skills: Knowledge: Ethics: Code of Conduct:

  6. What is a police interview? • A conversation ? • A chat ? • A question and answer game ? • A search for the truth ? • An attempt to obtain a confession ? • A literal reproduction ?

  7. Standard interviewing techniques • Open-ended questions • Closed-ended questions • Multiple choice • Leading questions • Cognitive interview: avoid interrupting witness; allow for long pauses and silences

  8. PITFALLS • Failure to interpret everything • Give a personal opinion to the police officer • Changing the specific choice of words, eg “did youtake something away?” to “did yousteal something ?” • Failure to follow the system of open-ended questions = change to close-ended questions

  9. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE • ‘Any incident of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse (psychological, physical, verbal, sexual, financial or emotional) inflicted on one person by another where they are or have been intimate partners or family members, irrespective of gender or sexual orientation.’

  10. DOMESTIC ABUSE STATISTICS

  11. DOMESTIC ABUSE • Interpreter might be required to attend at the scene of an incident • Form filling • DASH 2009 RISK AND IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR POLICE

  12. Main Sexual Offences Art.5. Rape; Art.6. Assault by Penetration; Art.7. Sexual Assault (by touching); Art.8. Causing sexual activity

  13. Some Changes Rape is redefined to include oral and anal penetration Consent is defined in the Order Age of consent is lowered to 16 New Offences eg Assault by Penetration, Abuse of Trust, Familial Offences, Carers, Kerb Crawling.

  14. Medical examination room

  15. S O B A unique initiative: “PSNI does not have officers available who are fluent in the languages most frequently required…….we have identified a number of interpreters and have provided familiarisation training to them alongside our Specialist Firearms Officers.”

  16. The Court Interpreter • Simultaneous interpreting - defendant • Consecutive interpreting - the record • Witness’ demeanour • Translation - documents • Ethics - fidelity; confidentiality; impartiality; professional conduct • Quality - monitoring

  17. Cellalone!

  18. The dreaded night call

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