Inside Crown Court

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4473-1706-7
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 389 g

With a new Foreword by David Ormerod of the Law Commission. 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jacobson, Jessica

Hunter, Gillian

Kirby, Amy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: David Ormerod, Law Commission; Introduction;

The system: what is the Crown Court and what are its functions?;

Court process and performance: constructing versions of ‘the truth’;

Them and us: the divide between court users and professionals;

Structured mayhem: the organised yet chaotic nature of court proceedings;

Reluctant conformity: court users’ compliance with the court process;

Legitimacy: court users’ perceived obligation to obey, and what this is based on;

Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

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.

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.

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.

Jessica Jacobson is Co-Director of the Institute for Criminal Policy Research (ICPR), Birkbeck, University of London, where Gillian Hunter is a Senior Research Fellow and Amy Kirby is a Research Fellow.