Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Front Cover -- Experiences of Criminal Justice: Perspectives From Wales on a System in Crisis -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Why Wales? -- Introduction -- Similarity, assimilation and difference -- Within Wales: similarity, divergence and sites of criminal justice -- The Commission on Justice in Wales -- Methods and methodology -- Chapter outline -- 2 A System in Crisis -- Introduction -- Access to justice, neoliberalism and austerity -- The demise of criminal justice |
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Criminal legal aid: restrictions on obtaining access to justice -- Vulnerability theory: a radical transformation -- Conclusion -- 3 The People and Their Experiences -- Introduction -- Practitioners and their work -- Funding and its importance to criminal justice practice -- The accused in the criminal process -- 'First-timers' and 'regulars' -- Conclusion -- 4 Criminal Justice in Its Place -- Introduction -- What makes Wales distinct? -- Court closures in south Wales -- Prisons in south Wales -- Similarities with England -- Conclusion -- 5 Pressures of Practice -- Introduction |
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The problems with legal aid funding -- Too little time -- The future of criminal defence -- Wider understanding of criminal justice problems -- Conclusion -- 6 Criminal Justice Relationships -- Introduction -- Practitioner relationships -- Perceptions of the accused -- The lawyer-client relationship -- Pressures on accused persons -- Conclusion -- 7 Navigating the Criminal Justice System -- Introduction -- The accused in the criminal process -- Practitioners' understandings of the accused's experience -- Punishment beyond the process? -- The role of the family -- Conclusion |
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8 Doing Criminal Justice Differently -- Introduction -- Connectedness in criminal justice -- And justice for all? -- Doing more, doing less and doing better -- Justice in Wales -- Challenges and future research -- Summary of key findings and recommendations -- References -- Legislation -- Case law -- Index -- Back Cover |
Summary |
Drawing on first-hand accounts of police officers, solicitors, barristers, prison workers, suspects, convicts and their families in South Wales, this book uncovers how austerity affects the everyday working of the criminal process |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 25, 2022) |
Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Wales, South
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Legal services -- Wales, South
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Fiscal policy -- Great Britain
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects -- Wales, South
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LAW / Criminal Law / General.
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Legal services
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Fiscal policy
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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South Wales
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Great Britain
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Dehaghani, Roxanna, author
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ISBN |
1529214254 |
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9781529214246 |
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1529214246 |
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9781529214253 |
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