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 wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jacobson, Jessica, 1966- (Author), Kirby, Amy (Author), Hunter, Gillian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : Policy Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Criminal Justice System.
Criminal procedure.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Criminal courts.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Great Britain.
Criminal procedure > Great Britain.
Criminal courts > Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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

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