Intoxicated But Not Incapacitated: Are There Effective Methods to Assist Juries in Interpreting Evidence of Voluntary Complainant Intoxication in Cases of Rape?

Jurors often negatively evaluate complainants making allegations of rape when those complainants were intoxicated at the time of the assault. It is, therefore, essential that legal practitioners have effective methods of ensuring that jurors use evidence of intoxication for the legally permissible p...

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Main Author: Nitschke, Faye T. (Author)
Contributors: Masser, Barbara M. ; McKimmie, Blake M. ; Riachi, Maddison
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 9/10, Pages: 4335-4359
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Keywords:
Credibility
Judicial instructions
Alcohol
victim blame
Rape