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Record Nr.

UNINA9910595068103321

Autore

Thumbadoo Romola V

Titolo

Mapping Indigenous Knowledge in the Digital Age

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI Books, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (202 p.)

Soggetti

Research & information: general

Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This Special Issue, “Mapping Indigenous Knowledge in the Digital Age”, explores Indigenous engagement with geo-information in contemporary cartography. Indigenous mapping, incorporating performance, process, product, and positionality as well as tangible and intangible heritage, is speedily entering the domain of cartography, and digital technology is facilitating the engagement of communities in mapping their own locational stories, histories, cultural heritage, environmental, and political priorities. In this publication, multimodal and multisensory online maps combine the latest multimedia and telecommunications technology to examine data and support qualitative and quantitative research, as well as to present and store a wide range of temporal/spatial information and archival materials in innovative interactive storytelling formats. It will be of particular interest to researchers engaged in studies of global human and environmental connection in the age of evolving information technology.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484992003321

Autore

Blewer Robyn

Titolo

Child Witnesses in Twentieth Century Australian Courtrooms / / by Robyn Blewer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030697914

3030697916

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Histories of Policing, Punishment and Justice, , 2946-6083

Disciplina

347.066083

347.94066083

Soggetti

Law and the social sciences

Law - History

Australasia

History

Sociology

Social groups

Victims of crimes

International criminal law

Socio-Legal Studies

Legal History

Australian History

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Victimology

International Criminal Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 2 The child witness and the English legal system -- Part 2: Getting into Court -- 3 'Those troublesome men in blue': Police and child witnesses -- 4 'If the law doesn't get you, the Lord will': Competency and Capacity -- Part 3: Giving Evidence -- 5 'Making kiddies at home': The courtroom environment -- 6 'What the Nipper Said Was True' - Examination -- 7 'Trying to bend the law to fit':



Corroboration -- 8 The role of the judicial officer -- Part 4: Reflections and Conclusions -- 9 The influence of women and women's philanthropic/community organisations -- 10 Understanding and recognising children -- 11 'Changes in law were full of danger': Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book considers the law, policy and procedure for child witnesses in Australian criminal courts across the twentieth century. It uses the stories and experiences of over 200 children, in many cases using their own words from press reports, to highlight how the relevant law was - or was not - applied throughout this period. The law was sympathetic to the plight of child witnesses and exhibited a significant degree of pragmatism to receive the evidence of children but was equally fearful of innocent men being wrongly convicted. The book highlights the impact 'safeguards' like corroboration and closed court rules had on the outcome of many cases and the extent to which fear - of children, of lies (or the truth) and of reform - influenced the criminal justice process. Over a century of children giving evidence in court it is `clear that the more things changed, the more they stayed the same'. Robyn Blewer is Lecturer at the Griffith University Law School in Queensland, Australia, and the Director of the Griffith University Innocence Project. She holds a Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice and completed her doctoral thesis as a member of the Australian Research Council's Laureate research project, 'The Prosecution Project'. .