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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Crown Court"”.
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Penal Communication in Crown Court Sentencing
… in sentencing remarks by judges in three Crown Court sites in South East England in order to form a sound basis for the evaluation of penal practices. It seeks specifically to uncover how, if at all, the notion of penal censure operates in this context. Sentencing is a key aspect of the …
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The child witness and the criminal justice process : a case study in law reform
… study conducted for this thesis at one Crown Court Centre. Sixteen contested piosecutions, between them involving evidence from 53 child witnesses, were identified. The final hearing of each case was observed in full, and the attitudes towards the reforms of the barristers and child …
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The role of personal mitigating factors in criminal sentencing judgments: an empirical investigation
… analysis of annual sentencing data from the Crown Court in England and Wales. Study 2 used a qualitative analysis of interviews with a small sample of Crown Court judges to further explore the findings of Study 1 and identify topics for future research. Studies 3 and 4 used experimental …
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Juvenile offenders, ‘grave’ crimes and the use of long-term detention : An examination of the law and issues of contemporary criminal justice.
… focuses on s.91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (formerly s. 53(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933). This law provides the higher courts with special powers to detain juveniles to longer periods of detention above the usual 24-month limit. This separate …
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Child Sexual Abuse and Co-offending in the UK: An Empirical Examination of Characteristics, Crime Commission Processes, and Network Structures
… in England and Wales through the examination of Crown Court data spanning between 2013 and 2019. A specific focus is directed towards cases of CSA and co-offending, and a review of the offence and offender characteristics is presented. Using the same dataset, a second aim is pursued; to examine …
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Doing the ‘right’ thing: A sociological exploration of pro-social behaviour by independent witnesses
… not been studied in the specific context of the Crown courts before. This study has three phases. The first allows independent witnesses to describe their emotions, decision-making and motivations for taking part in the criminal justice process where there is no overt benefit for themselves to do …
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Invisible presences: the routine processing of the lay prosecution witness in the English and Welsh criminal justice system
… in securing a successful conviction at court.<br/><br/>It has become a truism to note that the police would be unable to detect many crimes if it were not for either the public directly reporting the incident or subsequently that the witnesses were questioned about the case by police …