Can people with intellectual disabilities resist implications of fault when police question their allegations of sexual assault and rape?

When people alleging sexual assault are interviewed by police, their accounts are tested to see if they would 'stand up in court'. Some tests are in the form of tendentious questions carrying implications (e.g. that the sex was consensual) damaging to the complainant's allegation. In...

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Main Authors:	Charles Antaki, Elizabeth Stokoe, Emma Richardson, Sara Willott
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Intellectual disability Police Interviews Rape Questions Victims Witnesses Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/18446
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