Entanglements of Life with the Law: Precarity and Justice in London's Magistrates' Courts.

This book examines the quality and nature of justice dispensed in London's magistrates' courts which are the lowest level of the United Kingdom's Criminal Justice System. In 2016, approximately 230,000 individuals were prosecuted for a criminal offence in these courts, of whom about s...

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1. Verfasser: Campbell, John R.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2020.
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Zusammenfassung:This book examines the quality and nature of justice dispensed in London's magistrates' courts which are the lowest level of the United Kingdom's Criminal Justice System. In 2016, approximately 230,000 individuals were prosecuted for a criminal offence in these courts, of whom about seventy percent pleaded guilty and were sentenced. Curiously, about eighty-five percent of those who pleaded 'not guilty' were subsequently tried, found guilty and sentenced. This book addresses a central paradox of criminal justice: how is it that magistrates are able to reach a guilty verdict despite the elusive.
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (283 p.)
ISBN:1527561798
9781527561793

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