This article critically evaluates whether the ‘rape shield’ legislation in England and Wales, as currently contained in s 41 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (YJ&CEA) 1999, is fit for purpose. The article addresses the impact of the case of R v Evans (Chedwyn) [2016] EWCA Crim 452 which received a disproportionately high amount of media scrutiny and led to subsequent calls for greater restrictions on sexual behaviour evidence. The article examines possible reform proposals by Findlay Stark and Matt Thomason and the results of empirical research conducted by Laura Hoyano before proposing the introduction of a ‘combined admissibility framework’ for evidence of a complainant’s previous sexual behaviour and bad character. The proposed framework seeks to retain the high threshold for the admissibility, in particular, of evidence relating to a complainant’s previous sexual behaviour while introducing a more holistic and straightforward model moving away from the strict categories approach adopted by s 41 YJ&CEA 1999.

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性犯罪诉讼中的性行为证据和不良品格证据：提出综合受理框架

本文批判性地评估了英格兰和威尔士的“强奸盾牌”立法（目前包含在 1999 年第 41 条青年司法和刑事证据法 (YJ&CEA) 中）是否适用。这篇文章讨论了 R v Evans (Chedwyn) [2016] EWCA Crim 452 一案的影响，该案受到了不成比例的大量媒体审查，并导致随后呼吁对性行为证据施加更大的限制。在提议引入“综合可受理性框架”作为投诉人以前的性行为和不良品格的证据之前，文章审查了 Findlay Stark 和 Matt Thomason 可能提出的改革建议以及 Laura Hoyano 进行的实证研究的结果。拟议的框架力求保持可受理性的高门槛，特别是，