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Testifying in court as a victim of crime : vocabulary required by illiterate individuals with little or no functional speech
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/46222 Testifying in court as a victim of crime : vocabulary required by illiterate individuals with little or no functional speech Bornman, Juan, 1968- Johnson, Ensa White, Robyn May UCTD Augmentative and alternative communication Person with little or no functional speech Witness competency Testifying in court Victim of crime Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. People with disabilities are at high risk of becoming victims of crimes. Those individuals with little or no functional speech (LNFS) are even more at risk of being victims of crime. One way of reducing the risk of being a victim of crime is facing the alleged perpetrator in court as a witness; therefore it is important for people with LNFS who have been victims of crimes to have the relevant vocabulary needed to testify in court. The aim of this study was to identify and describe the legal core vocabulary required by illiterate victims of crime, who have little or no functional speech, to testify in court as witness/witnesses. A mixed method, exploratory sequential design consisting of two different phases was used to address the aim of the research. The first phase was qualitative and included two different data sources, namely in-depth semi-structured interviews (n=3) and focus groups (n=22). The overall aim of this phase was to develop a measurement instrument. Results from Phase 1 were used in Phase 2, the quantitative phase, in which the measurement instrument (a custom designed questionnaire) was socially validated by 31 participants. The results produced six distinct categories which represented the core legal vocabulary and 99 words that represented the fringe legal vocabulary. The findings suggested that each communication board should be individualized to the individual and the specific crime. Recommendations were made to develop an AAC Resource Tool Kit to assist professionals involved with a person with LNFS who had been a victim of crime. tm2015 Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) MA Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:08:18Z 2015-07-02T11:08:18Z 2015/04/22 2014 Dissertation White, RM 2014, Testifying in court as a victim of crime : vocabulary required by illiterate individuals with little or no functional speech, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46222> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46222 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Augmentative and alternative communication Person with little or no functional speech Witness competency Testifying in court Victim of crime Testifying in court as a victim of crime : vocabulary required by illiterate individuals with little or no functional speech |
| title | Testifying in court as a victim of crime : vocabulary required by illiterate individuals with little or no functional speech |
| title_full | Testifying in court as a victim of crime : vocabulary required by illiterate individuals with little or no functional speech |
| title_fullStr | Testifying in court as a victim of crime : vocabulary required by illiterate individuals with little or no functional speech |
| title_full_unstemmed | Testifying in court as a victim of crime : vocabulary required by illiterate individuals with little or no functional speech |
| title_short | Testifying in court as a victim of crime : vocabulary required by illiterate individuals with little or no functional speech |
| title_sort | testifying in court as a victim of crime vocabulary required by illiterate individuals with little or no functional speech |
| topic | UCTD Augmentative and alternative communication Person with little or no functional speech Witness competency Testifying in court Victim of crime |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46222 |