Justice Denied: Exploring Inequities in the Legal System

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-80379-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure

This volume focuses on injustice in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales and discusses the barriers to achieving justice. The book draws on contributions from established and emerging scholars, as well as insight from professional practice to provide insight into the contemporary challenges in distinct areas of injustice through original analysis and argument. Topics covered include the theory of punishment, criminal justice, access to justice, climate justice, migrant justice and barriers to justice. The volume will be of interest to researchers, academics and policy-makers working in the areas of Criminal Law, Criminology, Sociology of Law and Human Rights Law. Focused on the legal system of England and Wales, the issues raised are relevant for an international readership.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smyth, Claire-Michelle

Johnston, Ed

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafverfahrens- und -prozessrecht, Strafverteidigung und Opferschutz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction - Ed Johnston and Claire-Michelle Smyth Chapter 2: Ripe for Justice? -Rupert Dunbar Chapter 3: Plea Bargaining and the State -Mike McConville Chapter 4: Guilty Pleas in Criminal Justice: Putting Just on Ice -Luke Marsh Chapter 5: Access to Justice in the Family Court: An Exploration of Key Issues and Barriers to Justice -Alex Newbury and Sarah Moore Chapter 6: Migrant (In)Justice -Olayinka Lewis Chapter 7: Social Entrapment: Is the Law Failing Women Who Kill? -Clare Wade KC and Rebecca Penfold Chapter 8: Marginalised Justice: Race and Racism in the Criminal Court System -Dominic Carrington Chapter 9: Why do we Punish Abortion? Interrogating the Role of Criminal Law in Abortion Legislation -Claire-Michelle Smyth and Ed Johnston Chapter 10: Misogyny, Misconceptions and Restorative Justice -Lisa Mary Armstrong Chapter 11: Sentencing Offenders with Mental Disorders, Developmental Disorders, or Neurological Impairments in England and Wales: A Case Study Analysis -Sally Kennedy, Clare S. Allely and Ian Warren Chapter 12: Searching for Justice: Reforming Sentencing for Children and Young People Convicted of Murder -Hannah Wishart Chapter 13: Justice for Nature: A Rawlsian Approach -Simon Sneddon

Über Autor(innen)

Ed Johnston is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Procedure and the Faculty Research Lead at the University of Northampton, UK.

Claire-Michelle Smyth is Associate Professor of Law at Kingston University, UK.