A Fair Hearing?

ISBN-13: 9781843920847 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 232 str.

Stephen Shute; Roger Hood

Opis

This book reports on research which investigates the perceptions of ethnic minorities concerning their treatment in the criminal courts.

Spis treści

Introduction 1.Criminal justice in a multicultural society 2. Researching perceptions: the study in context 3. The institutional setting − characteristics of places and persons 4. The defendants' perspective and experiences of witnesses 5. A question of confidence 6. Informed observers: court officials and lawyers 7. The judicial and magisterial perspective 8. A 'cultural change' 9. What still needs to be done? 10. Recent developments and lessons for the future