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An edition of Inside crown court (2015)

Inside crown court

personal experiences and questions of legitimacy

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Within the criminal justice system of England and Wales, the Crown Court is the arena in which serious criminal offences are prosecuted and sentenced. On the basis of up-to-date ethnographic research, this timely book provides a vivid description of what it is like to attend court as a victim, a witness or a defendant; the interplay between the different players in the courtroom; and the extent to which the court process is viewed as legitimate by those involved in it. This valuable addition to the field brings to life the range of issues involved and is aimed at students and scholars of criminal justice, policy-makers and practitioners, and interested members of the general public.

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Publisher
Policy Press
Language
English
Pages
240

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Subjects

Criminal courts Criminal procedure Administration of Criminal justice LAW Criminal Law General SOCIAL SCIENCE Criminology Great Britain. Criminal Justice System Great Britain Criminal procedure, great britain Great Britain. Crown Court

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Great Britain
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Table of Contents

INSIDE CROWN COURT; Epigraph; Contents; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; The study; Background; Methods; Structure of the book; 2. The system: what is the Crown Court and what are its functions?; Courts structure; The business and people of the Crown Court ; Access to justice; 3. Court process and performance: constructing versions of 'the truth'; Crown Court trials and the elusive truth; Guilty pleas and the elusive truth; The sentencing of defendants who have pleaded guilty; Ritualised, theatrical management of conflict
The incongruities of the court process Concluding remarks; 4. Them and us: the divide between court users and professionals; The role of victims and witnesses at court; The role of defendants in court; The professional-lay person divide ; The ambiguous status of the jury; Concluding remarks; 5. Structured mayhem: the organised yet chaotic nature of court proceedings; Getting to court ; Start-stop ; Concluding remarks and structured mayhem in action; 6. Reluctant conformity: court users' compliance with the court process; The anxieties, uncertainty and inconveniences of appearing at court
Following the rulesConcluding remarks; 7. Legitimacy: court users' perceived obligation to obey, and what this is based on; Moral alignment; Positive outcomes; Fair decision-making; Respectful treatment; Passive acceptance; Concluding remarks; 8. Conclusion; The nature of Crown Court proceedings; Compliance and legitimacy; Implications for policy and practice?; Appendix. Details on court user respondents and outline of observed cases; References; Index

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Bristol, UK, Chicago

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
345.42014
Library of Congress
KD8286, KD8286 .J336 2015x

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource
Number of pages
240

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL37013769M
ISBN 10
1447313720, 144731705X, 1447321189
ISBN 13
9781447313724, 9781447317050, 9781447321187
LCCN
2016387046
OCLC/WorldCat
902724665, 891614532

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Work ID
OL27273265W

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