Inside crown court : personal experiences and questions of legitimacy / Jessica Jacobson, Gillian Hunter and Amy Kirby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobson, Jessica, 1966- author.

Hunter, Gillian, author.

Kirby, Amy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Crown Court.

Great Britain.

Criminal procedure--England.

Criminal procedure.

Criminal courts--England.

Criminal courts.

Criminal procedure--Wales.

Criminal courts--Wales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 240 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2015.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

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

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

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447321187

1447321189

9781447317067

1447317068

9781447309901

1447309901

9781447313724

1447313720

OCLC:

902724665