Covid-19 and Criminal Justice - Impact and Legacy in England and Wales

This collection presents a unique and diverse range of contributions on challenges faced by criminal justice in England and Wales in the wake of the Covid-19 global pandemic.

List of contents

1 Introduction
2 Policing Domestic Abuse: No ‘Freedom Day’ for Victims of Coercive and Controlling Behaviour
3 Covid-19—An Unprecedented and Novel Predicament or the Ultimate Metaphor for Contemporary Policing?
4 Legal Advice at Police Stations and the Long-Term Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic
5 A Child’s Journey through Police Custody and Their Legal Rights
6 Tipping the Scales of Justice: Covid-19 and Detention without Trial
7 The ‘Covid Fine’ and Fair Trial Rights
8 Covid-19 and Technologically Enhanced Trials under the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act 2022: Have Remote Jury Trials Shifted from Criminal Justice Fiction to Virtual Reality?
9 Covid-19 and the Jury Trial
10 Contextualising the Impact of the Covid-19 Lockdown on Ethnic Minority Prisoners
11 ‘Expectations vs Reality’: How Can the Levels of Self-Harm during the Covid-19 Prison Lockdown Inform Future Policy and Practice?
12 Learning from the Covid-19 Pandemic: Probation’s Role in Providing Health-Related Support
13 The Impact of Covid-19 on Circles of Support and Accountability: Process, Impact, and Legacy

About the author

Dr Ed Johnston is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Procedure at the University of Northampton, UK. His research is focused on criminal justice and procedure, and he specialises in the disclosure of evidence in criminal proceedings, the role of the defence lawyer, and suspects’ rights.

Summary

This collection presents a unique and diverse range of contributions on challenges faced by criminal justice in England and Wales in the wake of the Covid-19 global pandemic.

Product details

• Authors: Ed (Associate Professor Johnston
• Assisted by: Ed Johnston (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032250878
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3225087-8
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Courts, LAW / Civil Rights, Legal aspects of criminology, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Police law & police procedures, Criminology: legal aspects, Police law and police procedures, Probation services