Inside Crown Court: Personal Experiences and Questions of Legitimacy

Jessica Jacobson; Gillian Hunter; Amy Kirby

doi:10.46692/9781447313724

Inside Crown Court

Personal Experiences and Questions of Legitimacy

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Jessica Jacobson, Birkbeck University of London, Gillian Hunter, Birkbeck University of London, Amy Kirby, Birkbeck University of London

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: February 2022
Print publication year:: 2015
Online ISBN:: 9781447313724
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781447313724

Subjects:: Criminology, Sociology

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This timely book provides a vivid description of what it is like to attend court as a victim, a witness or a defendant; the interplay between the different players in the courtroom; and the extent to which the court process is viewed as legitimate by those involved in it.

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Personal Experiences and Questions of Legitimacy

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Epigraph
pp iii-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of figures and tables
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

one - Introduction
pp 1-22

two - The system: what is the Crown Court and what are its functions?
pp 23-46

three - Court process and performance: constructing versions of ‘the truth’
pp 47-82

four - Them and us: the divide between court users and professionals
pp 83-110

five - Structured mayhem: the organised yet chaotic nature of court proceedings
pp 111-138

six - Reluctant conformity: court users’ compliance with the court process
pp 139-164

seven - Legitimacy: court users’ perceived obligation to obey, and what this is based on
pp 165-200

eight - Conclusion
pp 201-210

Appendix: Details on court user respondents and outline of observed cases
pp 211-222

References
pp 223-234

Index
pp 235-240

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