Criminal Justice and the Pursuit of Truth

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0323-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Can the criminal justice system achieve justice based on its ability to determine the truth?

Drawing on a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, this book investigates the concept of truth – its complexities and nuances – and scrutinizes how well the criminal justice process facilitates truth-finding. From allegation to sentencing, the chapters take the reader on a journey through the criminal justice system, exposing the marginalization of truth-finding in favour of other jurisprudential or systemic values, such as expediency, procedural fairness and the presumption of innocence.

This important work bridges the gap between what people expect from the criminal justice system and what it can legitimately deliver.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hillier, Tim

Dingwall, Gavin

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Criminal Process and the Pursuit of Truth

Allegations

Confessions

Witness Testimony

Truth and the Probity of Evidence-Gathering

Decisions and Narratives: Factfinding and Case Construction

Truth and the Criminal Trial: Competing Stories

Truth, Sentencing and Punishment

Restoration, Reconciliation and Reconceptualizing Justice

The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth: The Truth of Who Is to Blame

Über Autor(innen)

Hillier, Tim
Tim Hillier is Head of the School of Law at De Montfort University.

Dingwall, Gavin
Gavin Dingwall is Professor of Criminal Justice Policy at De Montfort University.

Gavin Dingwall is Professor of Criminal Justice Policy at De Montfort University.

Tim Hillier is Head of the School of Law at De Montfort University.