Justice Is Now | The Podcast
The team behind this podcast want to counter that narrative and indeed write and create a new, fairer and more effective one.
To advance the education of the public in the subject of rape as a criminal offence and the attitudes and false beliefs surrounding rape (otherwise known as ‘rape myths’) to reduce the prevalence of rape within society and to support victims of rape. To work within the judicial institutions to support efforts to reduce PTSD of a complainant and ensure increases in rape conviction rates are sustained.
Our vision is a world, in which justice for victims of sexual violence is the norm, not the exception. Our mission starts within the UK judiciary. We have an advisory board of Barristers who defend and prosecute sexual violence.
You will hear many on the podcast.
- Changing the education system of Barristers to include a module on rape myths and the limits of advocacy, to be introduced in law degrees/BPC.
- To continue to find out directly from Barristers on their attitudes towards, opinions about and proposed solutions to finding parity in justice. A core part of this work is in finding out from Defence Barristers why cases can be dismantled so easily and to build this body of evidence to improve Police Investigations.
- To create and implement a code of conduct that is created by Barristers and signed.
- To work in close collaboration with the judiciary to gain solutions to the complexities of the low conviction rate and understanding from within not the other way around.
- Share best practice from across the judiciary.
- Create a global learning and dissemination programme of best practice.
- A student advisory board provides findings from Court Observations undertaken across English Crown Courts.
- To change the narrative of focus on the victim's behavour to that of the offenders behaviour.
Episodes
13 episodes
S1 E13- Charlotte Meiger - her story
Introducing Charlotte Meiger with her story...Key points of the episode:How she could not believe what had just happened in court.How she asked for the notes of the trial but could not believe the extortionate...
S1 E12 Learning To Live with Mark Collin and Melanie Curtis
In conversation with Leonie...Mark Collin is a transformational coach with over 15 years’ experience helping people around the world reconnect with themselves and build meaningful, grounded lives. He brings deep empathy, extensive...
S1 E11- Emma Richardson
In this episode Leonie chats to Emma Richardson - a lecturer in language and social interaction.Her mainstay of research is on how reports of gender based- sexual and domestic violence are reported to the police, and how the police recie...
S1 E10 - The Italian Justice System
In conversation with Selina Mariano, discussing the problems, advances and work that needs to be done in the Italian court system.Justice Is Now is now moving its focus internatonally looking at the statistics, problems, work needed and...
S1 E9 Baby Reindeer - Netflix
Key points of this episode:How so many people have likely been affected by the series on Netflix.How we seek "rewrites of a narrative", and why the victim of sexual violence needs to reexperience the situation, but ...
S1 E8 Student Serious Sexual Violence Court Observer
Megan, a Law Student discusses her Court observations. Discussions include:Do we actually understand offending behaviour? A look at Wayne Couzens red flags in offending behaviourFear that exisits in b...
S1 E7 Madeleine Black
Key Points of the Episode:Leonie and Madeleines outrage at the recent outrageous levels of sexual violence in the recent conflict.How many layers to the trauma of these people there are.Why people like Leon...
S1 E6 - Nick Shackleton-Jones (Part 2)
Key points of this episode:Nick's thoughts on AI and how it could affect gender relationshipsHow to stop internalising shame.One possible solution for menHow the "Not all Men" narrative is no...
S1 E5 Nick Shackleton-Jones (Part 1)
Key points from the episode:How Nick found a lot of the content on Tik Tok worryingly biased.An unfair disparity on our judgements on male and female sexual behaviour.Nicks theory on "ownership" in relation...
S1 E4 Gemma Malfesi Part 2
Key points from the episode:The desire for safe strong convictions, and for the voice of the survivor not to be silenced or lost.Court logistics to protect the survivor from the court experience.More on rap...
S1 E3 Gemma Malfesi Part 1
Key points from the episode: The shocking reason why most female offenders are where they are at.A confusion and desensitisation of sexual violence and what it actually is.The difference between long t...