| Description |
1 online resource (283 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures -- List of Cases -- Case Law, Legislation, and Legal Documents -- Glossary -- Prologue and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Police magistrates -- England -- London
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Criminal procedure -- Social aspects -- England -- London
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects -- England -- London
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Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
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Crime & criminology.
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Criminal law & procedure.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects
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Criminal procedure -- Social aspects
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Police magistrates
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England -- London
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1527561798 |
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9781527561793 |
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