Courting Violence: Offences Against the Person Cases in Court by Nigel Fielding

Description: Courting Violence by Nigel Fielding Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Using original field data the book analyses how courts handle physical violence cases. It examines the questioning of defendants, witnesses and victims, how testimony and physical evidence is used, and what victims, witnesses, defendants, lawyers and judges think of the trial process. The book offers an accessible insight into the work of the courts and how society deals with violent crime. Publisher Description Courting violence analyses how the courts handle cases of physical violence. It examines how lawyers and judges go about questioning defendants, witnesses and victims, how testimony and physical evidence is used, what victims, witnesses and defendants think of the trial process, and the views of lay and professional participants about violent offences. The book is based on original fieldwork at criminal trials and interviews with thoseinvolved.It is known that courtroom language, and the handling of evidence, influences the outcome of cases, and that those unfamiliar with the courts may feel bewildered and intimidated by courtroom languageand procedures. The book examines the workings of such processes in cases of physical violence, with careful attention to assumptions made by lawyers, judges and others as they relate to gender, social class, ethnicity, and people exhibiting patterns of behaviour, such as young men who drink heavily in groups.Key findings examine lay participants understanding of courtroom procedure and language, satisfaction with their ability to participate competently, and willingnessto assist the courts again. The book profiles the frustrations caused by the restricted role granted lay participants in trials, and reports problems concerning the experience of minority ethnicgroups. Other themes include resource problems; the potential to improve proceedings by technological means; the role of the police, expert witnesses and interpreters; and variations in approaches to the judicial role. Understandings of violence are treated as contingent and legally-reified, and victimisation as a negotiated process.Using accessible and engaging data the book shows readers the contemporary practice of criminal trials in the crown courts, highlights some of the mostcontentious and sensitive problems in criminal justice, and suggests improvements. It functions both as an accessible overview of the work of the courts and an insight into how society deals withserious crime. Author Biography Nigel Fielding is Professor of Sociology and co-Director of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Surrey, England. He was editor of the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice from 1985 to 1998. His principal research interests are in criminal justice, and new technologies for social research. He has previously conducted research on the work of probation officers, the training of police officers, the training of lawyers, community policing, socialservices/police collaboration in the investigation of child sexual abuse, and reassurance policing and signal crimes. He is a member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association, British Society ofCriminology, Howard League for Penal Reform and the Groupe Européen de Recherches sur les Normativitiés, and is a sometime consultant to the Police Training Council, CENTREX Bramshill National Police College, the Economic and Social Research Council, and the Home Office. Details ISBN 0199279357 ISBN-13 9780199279357 Title Courting Violence Author Nigel Fielding Format Hardcover Year 2006 Pages 272 Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:137012188; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! 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