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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wood, Ellen
• Harpur, Paul
• Pachana, Nancy

Titel

Teaching an old dog new tricks: Using courthouse facility dogs in Australia

Ist Teil von

• Alternative law journal, 2018-06, Vol.43 (2), p.89-95

Ort / Verlag

Clayton, Vic: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Courthouse facility dogs are increasingly used to support child witnesses and complainants during testimony in courtrooms across the globe. Although already commonplace in the United States, this practice has been largely unexplored in the Australian context. This paper puts forward the case for courthouse facility dogs in Australia and offers some insight into striking the delicate balance between protecting defendants' rights to a fair trial, and improving the efficiency and quality of the legal system for vulnerable witnesses and victims.