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This book tackles the growing issues concerning the managerialism and bureacratisation of criminal justice systems across a number of jurisdictions. It explores the phenomenon of managerialism in selected national criminal legal systems, covering all stages of criminal case processing from arrest to the imposition of sanction.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
List of contributors
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
List of Abbreviations
Foreword
The move towards efficiency and managerialism in criminal justice: A global phenomenon
ANNA PIVATY AND ED JOHNSTON
1 Judging the offender: French criminal justice culture and the challenges of McDonaldization
LAURÈNE SOUBISE
2 New Public Management in the Dutch criminal justice chain: the effects of stratification and automation in out-of-court proceedings
JOEP LINDEMAN AND NINA HOLVAST
3 Introducing abstaining from prosecution and plea bargaining in Greece: Reforms towards the quest for efficiency
CHARA CHIONI-CHOTOUMAN
4 Bureaucratising criminal convictions in China
ENSHEN LI
5 ‘Through the back door’: Defence perspectives on the rise of managerialism at the expense of adversarial justice
ED JOHNSTON & TOM SMITH
6 New Public Management and the role of the Dutch trial judge: a critical appraisal of the possible impact
ANNA PIVATY AND MARIEKE DUBELAAR
7 Domestic Abuse Cases and Packer’s Conundrum: Managing Risk
EMMA FORBES
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Ed Johnston is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Procedure at the University of Northampton, UK.
Anna Pivaty is Assistant Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Summary
This book tackles the growing issues concerning the managerialism and bureacratisation of criminal justice systems across a number of jurisdictions. It explores the phenomenon of managerialism in selected national criminal legal systems, covering all stages of criminal case processing from arrest to the imposition of sanction.
