Jonathan Doak
Biographic Data
| ID | 4076300 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Doak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Doak |
| SIGNATURE | DOAK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A Typology of Heritage Crime Victims
Heritage crime has to date received little criminological interest relative to other topics within the discipline. Therefore, the current literature on the area is limited. Victims of heritage crime are significantly under-represented in the current body of literature, and empirical research on heritage crime and victimisation is lacking; as is any theoretical development of the phenomenon. This article makes small steps towards addressing some o…
Independent separate legal representation for rape complainants in adversarial systems
In March 2018, Northern Ireland was divided by the acquittal of four men for rape, attempted rape, exposure, and perverting the court of justice in what became known as the ‘Belfast Rugby Rape Trial’. The case resulted in considerable debate about the ill‐treatment of rape complainants and prompted the Gillen Review into the Laws and Procedures in Serious Sexual Offences. Gillen proposed the introduction of separate legal representation (SLR) to …
In Memoriam
Mastering evidence and proof
This Special Issue of the International Journal of Evidence and Proof pays tribute to the scholarship of Mike Redmayne, who died last year at the age of only 47
Procedural traditions in flux
Enriching trial justice for crime victims in common law systems
The role of victims in the criminal trial has been subject to considerable critique in recent years. This article argues that scholarship and policy governing the treatment of victims and witnesses in ‘ordinary’ criminal trials within ‘settled’ societies may be substantially enriched by drawing lessons from the roles of, and practices affecting, victims within post-conflict societies. There is a clear need for policy-makers and law reformers to l…
More than Words
This article considers the applicability of restorative justice literature in the transitional justice arena. The authors argue that while restorative justice is applied to a wide range of conflicts, the established literature is often of limited value within a transitional context. Insufficient attention is often paid to the inherent difficulties in importing theories, concepts and practices designed for the context of ‘settled’ societies into p…
Transitional Justice and Restorative Justice
Ralph Henham, Sentencing and the Legitimacy of Trial Justice
The Therapeutic Dimension of Transitional Justice
This article examines the capacity of two major transitional justice mechanisms, international criminal trials and truth commissions, to provide a measure of emotional repair to the victims of some of humanity's most serious criminal acts. It is suggested that transitional justice processes often afford inadequate attention to the needs and rights of individual victims; but that four antecedents – account-making; truth-finding; justice and delibe…
The Victim in Criminal Law and Justice
The Victim in Criminal Law and Justice is essentially an historical account of the role of the crime victim from Norman times using the genealogical method adapted from Michel Foucault. In contrast to orthodox accounts that tend to focus on the chronological appropriation of the criminal conflict by the state, Kirchengast concentrates on ‘the development and institutionalisation of discourses of victim power’ rather than the chronological orderin…
The Vengeful Victim? Assessing the Attitudes of Victims Participating in Restorative Youth Conferencing
The task of delineating an appropriate role for the victim in the criminal justice system has been the subject of considerable debate in academia and policy circles for some time. While victim participation is considered something of a sine qua non of the restorative paradigm, many commentators remain sceptical of victim input in conventional sentencing on the grounds that it may lead to the imposition of overly harsh or onerous obligations. Draw…
Child Witnesses
Victims' Rights in Criminal Trials
Victims in common law jurisdictions have traditionally been unable to participate in criminal trials for a number of structural and normative reasons. They are widely perceived as ‘private parties’ whose role should be confined to that of witnesses, and participatory rights for such third parties are rejected as a threat to the objective and public nature of the criminal justice system. However, recent years have witnessed both a major shift in a…
Restorative Justice – Is More Better? The Experience of Police‐led Restorative Cautioning Pilots in Northern Ireland
In recent years there has been a considerable growth in the use of restorative justice schemes, particularly for young offenders. This article describes how two police‐led restorative cautioning pilots for juveniles operated in Northern Ireland. The pilots were found to offer a number of distinct advantages over the traditional cautioning practice and helped secure some of the values of restorative justice. However, they were not without fault an…
Victims' Rights in Criminal Trials
Victims in common law jurisdictions have traditionally been unable to participate in criminal trials for a number of structural and normative reasons. They are widely perceived as ‘private parties’ whose role should be confined to that of witnesses, and participatory rights for such third parties are rejected as a threat to the objective and public nature of the criminal justice system. However, recent years have witnessed both a major shift in a…
More than Words
This article considers the applicability of restorative justice literature in the transitional justice arena. The authors argue that while restorative justice is applied to a wide range of conflicts, the established literature is often of limited value within a transitional context. Insufficient attention is often paid to the inherent difficulties in importing theories, concepts and practices designed for the context of ‘settled’ societies into p…
The Therapeutic Dimension of Transitional Justice
This article examines the capacity of two major transitional justice mechanisms, international criminal trials and truth commissions, to provide a measure of emotional repair to the victims of some of humanity's most serious criminal acts. It is suggested that transitional justice processes often afford inadequate attention to the needs and rights of individual victims; but that four antecedents – account-making; truth-finding; justice and delibe…
The Vengeful Victim? Assessing the Attitudes of Victims Participating in Restorative Youth Conferencing
The task of delineating an appropriate role for the victim in the criminal justice system has been the subject of considerable debate in academia and policy circles for some time. While victim participation is considered something of a sine qua non of the restorative paradigm, many commentators remain sceptical of victim input in conventional sentencing on the grounds that it may lead to the imposition of overly harsh or onerous obligations. Draw…
Transitional Justice and Restorative Justice
Child Witnesses
Restorative Justice – Is More Better? The Experience of Police‐led Restorative Cautioning Pilots in Northern Ireland
In recent years there has been a considerable growth in the use of restorative justice schemes, particularly for young offenders. This article describes how two police‐led restorative cautioning pilots for juveniles operated in Northern Ireland. The pilots were found to offer a number of distinct advantages over the traditional cautioning practice and helped secure some of the values of restorative justice. However, they were not without fault an…
Child Witnesses
Victims' Rights in Criminal Trials
Victims in common law jurisdictions have traditionally been unable to participate in criminal trials for a number of structural and normative reasons. They are widely perceived as ‘private parties’ whose role should be confined to that of witnesses, and participatory rights for such third parties are rejected as a threat to the objective and public nature of the criminal justice system. However, recent years have witnessed both a major shift in a…
The Vengeful Victim? Assessing the Attitudes of Victims Participating in Restorative Youth Conferencing
The task of delineating an appropriate role for the victim in the criminal justice system has been the subject of considerable debate in academia and policy circles for some time. While victim participation is considered something of a sine qua non of the restorative paradigm, many commentators remain sceptical of victim input in conventional sentencing on the grounds that it may lead to the imposition of overly harsh or onerous obligations. Draw…
The Victim in Criminal Law and Justice
The Victim in Criminal Law and Justice is essentially an historical account of the role of the crime victim from Norman times using the genealogical method adapted from Michel Foucault. In contrast to orthodox accounts that tend to focus on the chronological appropriation of the criminal conflict by the state, Kirchengast concentrates on ‘the development and institutionalisation of discourses of victim power’ rather than the chronological orderin…
The Therapeutic Dimension of Transitional Justice
This article examines the capacity of two major transitional justice mechanisms, international criminal trials and truth commissions, to provide a measure of emotional repair to the victims of some of humanity's most serious criminal acts. It is suggested that transitional justice processes often afford inadequate attention to the needs and rights of individual victims; but that four antecedents – account-making; truth-finding; justice and delibe…
More than Words
This article considers the applicability of restorative justice literature in the transitional justice arena. The authors argue that while restorative justice is applied to a wide range of conflicts, the established literature is often of limited value within a transitional context. Insufficient attention is often paid to the inherent difficulties in importing theories, concepts and practices designed for the context of ‘settled’ societies into p…
Transitional Justice and Restorative Justice
Ralph Henham, Sentencing and the Legitimacy of Trial Justice
Enriching trial justice for crime victims in common law systems
The role of victims in the criminal trial has been subject to considerable critique in recent years. This article argues that scholarship and policy governing the treatment of victims and witnesses in ‘ordinary’ criminal trials within ‘settled’ societies may be substantially enriched by drawing lessons from the roles of, and practices affecting, victims within post-conflict societies. There is a clear need for policy-makers and law reformers to l…
Mastering evidence and proof
This Special Issue of the International Journal of Evidence and Proof pays tribute to the scholarship of Mike Redmayne, who died last year at the age of only 47
Procedural traditions in flux
In Memoriam
Independent separate legal representation for rape complainants in adversarial systems
In March 2018, Northern Ireland was divided by the acquittal of four men for rape, attempted rape, exposure, and perverting the court of justice in what became known as the ‘Belfast Rugby Rape Trial’. The case resulted in considerable debate about the ill‐treatment of rape complainants and prompted the Gillen Review into the Laws and Procedures in Serious Sexual Offences. Gillen proposed the introduction of separate legal representation (SLR) to …
A Typology of Heritage Crime Victims
Heritage crime has to date received little criminological interest relative to other topics within the discipline. Therefore, the current literature on the area is limited. Victims of heritage crime are significantly under-represented in the current body of literature, and empirical research on heritage crime and victimisation is lacking; as is any theoretical development of the phenomenon. This article makes small steps towards addressing some o…
Law (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Criminology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Economic Justice (8 works) · Restorative justice (6 works) · Criminal justice (5 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 works) · Psychology (5 works)