eprintid: 10191998
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creators_name: Regehr, Cheryl
creators_name: Regehr, Kaitlyn
creators_name: Birze, Arija
creators_name: Duff, Wendy
title: Troubling Records:
Managing and Conserving Mediated Artifacts of Violent Crime
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B03
divisions: C01
divisions: F15
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abstract: Video records created by perpetrators and witnesses of violent crime are increasingly used as evidence in criminal investigations and court proceedings. When these records include the sexual assault, torture, and murder of individuals, they carry significant power to harm those exposed to them, but most importantly, through repeated viewing, they continue to harm those individuals whose suffering is immortalized therein. Using case study methods, including in-depth interviews with those centrally involved in the case, interviews with criminal justice professionals currently working with video evidence of violent crime, and a review of official documents and media reports, this article examines the tragic Canadian case of serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka and the videos they recorded of their crimes. We observe that challenging decisions regarding the handling of video records of violent crime during the investigation process, the viewing of such records in court, and access to them by the public and press during the criminal justice process continue to be areas of concern and contestation, pitting principles of open justice against those of victim dignity and privacy. However, challenges regarding access to video records do not end with a trial and an ultimate verdict of guilt or innocence; rather, decisions continue to be made about the preservation or destruction, the storing and cataloguing, and access to archived material. In examining questions regarding the preservation and continued use of the records, we conclude that a responsible and ethical approach to these challenges is best achieved through what Caswell called a survivor-centred approach. We suggest that this approach should include recognizing the traumatic potentiality of records, providing safety and support to those affected, recognizing the potential of records to produce and perpetuate injustice, respecting the autonomy and decisions of survivors, and accepting and facilitating the right to be forgotten.
date: 2023-05-30
date_type: published
official_url: https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/13895
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2272720
lyricists_name: Regehr, Kaitlyn
lyricists_id: KREGE92
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Archivaria
volume: 95
pagerange: 6-40
issn: 0318-6954
citation:        Regehr, Cheryl;    Regehr, Kaitlyn;    Birze, Arija;    Duff, Wendy;      (2023)    Troubling Records: Managing and Conserving Mediated Artifacts of Violent Crime.                   Archivaria , 95    pp. 6-40.          Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10191998/1/13895-Article%20Text-17763-1-10-20230530.pdf