Topic 5: Social Control and Criminal Justice / Courts and Sentencing and Penal Decision Making (Sentencing and Penal Decisionmaking WG)

Leticia Couto, University of Hull

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PROSECUTION AND CONVICTION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CASES. An analysis from a sample of Criminal Courts in Catalonia - Patricia Hernández-Hidalgo, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya; Núria Torres-Rosell, University Rovira i Virgili - Spain; Alba Marsol, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya; Josep Tamarit, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Integrated Domestic Abuse Courts: Problems and Possibilities for Including the Experiences of Adult and Child Victim-Survivors - Charlotte Barlow, University of Central Lancaster; Clare Scollay, University of Central Lancashire; Helen Richardson-Foster, University of Central Lancashire; Christine Barter, University of Central Lancashire; Nicky Stanley, University of Central Lancashire

Justice in Practice: Sentencing Patterns for Rape Cases in Portuguese Courts - Pedro Sousa, Interdisciplinary Research Center on Justice (CIJ/FDUP); School of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Porto; Ana Guerreiro, University of Maia (UMAIA), Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Gender Studies (CIEG.UMAIA) & School of Criminology, University of Porto & Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Justice (CIJ/FDUP); Jorge Albino Quintas de Oliveira, University of Porto - Faculty of Law

Sentencing and the 'real rape' myth: Exploring judicial rationales in imposing long-term imprisonment in serious sexual offence cases - Diarmuid Griffin, University of Galway

“That was one of the worst experiences in my life”: Domestic abuse victim-survivor experiences when going to court and their definitions of justice - Leticia Couto, University of Hull