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1 online resource (476 pages) |
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Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Statutes; Cases; Preface; 1. Birth of a research project; Approaching the research; Modifying the research: 'appreciation'; 'Appreciation' and 'consumer research'; Modifying the research: the court sample; Methodology: general considerations; Methodology: drawing the interview sample; Methodology: field experience; Characteristics of the sample; 2. Court business: legal and administrative considerations; Choice of procedure; Court practice; Committal for sentence |
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Court practiceThe time factor; Summary trials; Committal proceedings; Delays in the higher courts; Overall waiting periods; 3. Approaching the court: the defendant's perspective; Strategists; Respectable first-timers; Right-assertive defendants; Ordinary respondents; Passive respondents; Other-dominated respondents; Other types of defendants' response; Operationalising the defendants' typology; 4. Venue; Knowledge of the system; Perceived differences between courts; Reasons for venue choice: summary cases; Reasons for venue choice: higher court election; Venue choice: discussion with others |
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Venue choice: a right?5. Plea; Basic statistics: magistrates' courts; Higher courts; Characteristics of defendants pleading guilty; Reasons behind guilty pleas; Guilty pleas and sentence expectations; Advice as to plea; 'Innocent' guilty pleas?; Plea-bargaining and plea-changing; Not guilty pleas; 6. Legal representation; Representation in the magistrates' court; Representation at the higher courts; Represented defendants and the time factor; Reasons for being represented; Choosing a lawyer; Satisfied clients?; Unrepresented defendants; Legal aid; 7. Appeal; The appellants |
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Defendants who considered an appealDefendants who had decided not to appeal; Information about appeals; 8. Bail or custody; Legal background: summons, arrest and police bail; Court bail; Previous studies; Before first appearance; Consequences of custody before first appearance; Adjournments during magistrates' proceedings; Bail/custody on committal for sentence; Bail/custody on committal for trial; Adjournments for reports; Prosecution reasons for opposing bail; Defence reasons for seeking bail; Bail/custody and subsequent events; Bail/custody in the higher courts; Judge in chambers |
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'Inconsistent' bail decisionsCourt bail: the defendant's view; 9. Conclusions and implications; Models of the criminal process and the defendant's perspective; Implication for policy; Implications for future research; Appendix: The press and the probation service; The press; The probation service; Notes; Bibliography; Index of names; Index of subjects |
| Summary |
First published in 1976, this book examines the practical workings of the English criminal court system, focusing on the defendant's experiences of the system and the decisions he takes as he passes through it. Indeed, the defendant in a criminal case is in a unique position to experience the whole criminal process, from the first approaches of the investigating policeman to conviction, sentence and possible appeal. Defendants in the Criminal Process is based upon the close observation of criminal cases and on interviews with defendants. The authors raise several issues and qu |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain
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Criminal procedure -- Great Britain
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Criminal procedure
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McClean, J. D
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| ISBN |
9781135074395 |
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1135074399 |
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9781135074401 |
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1135074402 |
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