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This collection examines contemporary challenges to the criminal justice system in England and Wales. While focused on this jurisdiction, the topics discussed are of wider international significance and will be of interest to students, academics and policy-makers.
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List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of contributors
Table of cases
Table of legislation
1 Introduction
ED JOHNSTON
2 Legal assistance at the police station: Shifts and contradictions in the context of Covid-19
ED JOHNSTON AND ED CAPE
3 Jury decision making in the criminal trial
REBECCA K. HELM AND MADELEINE MILLAR
4 The jury on trial: Guilty or not guilty? Investigating jury trial issues through a comparative approach
CRISTINA D'ANIELLO
5 Contemporary issues in criminal court procedure
JENNI WARD
6 Vulnerability in the criminal trial
SAMANTHA FAIRCLOUGH
7 Caught in the net: Police powers of investigation and the risks for autistic individuals
TOM SMITH
8 Diversity in the criminal justice system
JAMES PICKLES
9 Listening to 'Leading Voices': Using expert insight to identify challenges to, and suggestions for the improvement of, rape investigation and prosecution in England and Wales
BENJAMIN A. HINE, ANTHONY D. MURPHY, EMMA WILLIAMS AND BIMSARA KENNATH WIDANARALALAGE DON
10 Paedophile hunters and the road to injustice
KAREN WALTON AND REBECCA PENFOLD
11 Prisoners' human rights in England & Wales: Zigzags, flatlines and missed opportunities
ANASTASIA KARAMALIDOU
12 'Regulated from a spirit of hostility': Independence and the Criminal Cases Review Commission
JON ROBINS
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Ed Johnston is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Northampton, UK. His research interests are in the areas of disclosure, the role of the defence lawyer and rise of managerialism in an adversarial setting. Ed has recently published his monograph, The Role of the Defense Lawyer: Perceptions and Conceptions within a Changing System. He is the co-author of the Criminal Procedure and Punishment textbook and has published a number of articles concerning changes to the criminal justice process.
Summary
This collection examines contemporary challenges to the criminal justice system in England and Wales. While focused on this jurisdiction, the topics discussed are of wider international significance and will be of interest to students, academics and policy-makers.
