dc.contributor.author |
Rea, Victoria |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2018-12-19T22:56:16Z |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-07-11T23:17:52Z |
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dc.date.available |
2018-12-19T22:56:16Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-07-11T23:17:52Z |
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dc.date.copyright |
2017 |
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dc.date.issued |
2017 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/20898 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Set against the prevalence of suicide and harmful digital communication in New Zealand this paper argues that criminal liability is appropriate for perpetrators of harmful digital communication whose victims commit suicide. The circumstances that lead to person ending their life can be a complex range of factors relating to health, family and social pressures. This paper, in recognising that the end result of someone taking their life is by no mean ever caused by one act, asserts that in some contexts the contributory actions of a person are great enough to attract criminal liability. Concluding that liability is possible through the Harmful Digital Communication Act s22 offence provision, s179 of the Crimes Act as aiding and abetting suicide, or s160 of the Crimes Act unlawful act manslaughter. |
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dc.format |
pdf |
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dc.language |
en_NZ |
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dc.language.iso |
en_NZ |
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dc.publisher |
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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dc.subject |
Suicide |
en_NZ |
dc.subject |
Harmful digital communication |
en_NZ |
dc.subject |
Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 |
en_NZ |
dc.subject |
Crimes Act 1961 |
en_NZ |
dc.subject |
Cyber bullying |
en_NZ |
dc.subject |
Aiding and abetting |
en_NZ |
dc.subject |
Manslaughter |
en_NZ |
dc.title |
Criminal liability for perpetrators of harmful digital communication whose victims commit suicide |
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dc.type |
Text |
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vuwschema.contributor.unit |
Victoria Law School |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.contributor.unit |
Faculty of Law / Te Kauhanganui Tātai Ture |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
180102 Access to Justice |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
180110 Criminal Law and Procedure |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
180114 Human Rights Law |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
180119 Law and Society |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
180122 Legal Theory, Jurisprudence and Legal Interpretation |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
189999 Law and Legal Studies not elsewhere classified |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcseo |
970118 Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.type.vuw |
Research Paper or Project |
en_NZ |
thesis.degree.discipline |
Law |
en_NZ |
thesis.degree.name |
LL.B. (Honours) |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.subject.anzsrcforV2 |
489999 Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified |
en_NZ |
vuwschema.contributor.school |
School of Law |
en_NZ |