Participation in Courts and Tribunals

Concepts, Realities and Aspirations
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1129-0
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 132 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 310 g

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence

Effective participation in court and tribunal hearings is regarded as essential to justice, yet many barriers limit the capacity of defendants, parties and witnesses to participate.

Featuring policy analysis, courtroom observations and practitioners’ voices, this significant study reveals how participation is supported in the courts and tribunals of England and Wales. Including reflections on changes to the justice system as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it also details the socio-structural, environmental, procedural, cultural and personal factors which constrain participation.

This is an invaluable resource that makes a compelling case for a principled, explicit commitment to supporting participation across the justice system of England and Wales and beyond.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jacobson, Jessica

Cooper, Penny

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kirby, Amy

Hunter, Gillian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Allgemeines Prozessrecht, Kostenrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction ~ Jessica Jacobson

Policy and Practice Supporting Lay Participation ~ Gillian Hunter

Conceptualising Participation: Practitioner Accounts ~ Amy Kirby

Observed Realities of Participation ~ Jessica Jacobson

Looking Ahead: Towards a Principled Approach to Supporting Participation ~ Penny Cooper

Über Autor(innen)

Hunter, Gillian
Gillian Hunter is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Criminal Policy Research (ICPR), Birkbeck, University of London and has over 15 years’ experience of conducting research in the field of criminal justice.

Jacobson, Jessica
Jessica Jacobson is Director of the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) and Professor of Criminal Justice at Birkbeck, University of London.

Cooper, Penny
Penny Cooper is a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research at Birkbeck College and a Co-Investigator of the AHRC-funded Judging Values and Participation in Mental Capacity Law project.

Kirby, Amy
Amy Kirby is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Criminal Policy Research (ICPR), Birkbeck, University of London and is an ESRC-funded PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Surrey.

Jessica Jacobson is Director of the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) and Professor of Criminal Justice at Birkbeck, University of London.

Penny Cooper is Visiting Professor at the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck, University of London.

Chapter authors:

Gillian Hunter is Senior Research Fellow the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck, University of London.

Amy Kirby is Lecturer in Criminology the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck, University of London.