Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases, 3rd Edition
Daniel Brown,
Jill Witkin
General Editor(s):
Brian H. Greenspan,
Vincenzo Rondinelli
In Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases, 3rd Edition, Justice Jill Witkin (Ontario Court of Justice) and defence lawyer Daniel Brown offer a current and comprehensive examination of the legal processes involved in litigating sexual offences. This bestseller is designed to help practitioners focus on the procedural, evidentiary, and strategic elements unique to sexual offence cases. These elements include publication bans, search issues, children’s evidence, expert evidence, cross-examination on private records, sentencing, and more.
The third edition contains a new chapter on sexual offence appeals, addressing commonly raised issues and landmark cases from the Supreme Court of Canada, such as R v JJ. Additionally, this guide includes new discussion of Bill S-12 and reflects recent changes in Bill C-75 pertaining to preliminary hearings and in Bill C-51 pertaining to third party records, sexual history, and consent.
Analysis of case law and relevant Criminal Code provisions are integrated throughout to effectively guide readers through the flow of a sexual offence case, from arrest to appeal.
This text is Volume 4 in Emond’s Criminal Law Series.