Declared Guilty, A Never Ending Story

ISBN-13: 9783639167290 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 180 str.

Brian Steels

Opis

Declared Guilty: A Never Ending Story is an analysisof the impact of the criminal justice system upon the self. It is aclose examination of how the justice system affects the lives of offendersand their relatives from the point of the arrest, through the courtprocess and on to court orders or prison. It unravels for the reader not onlythe process but the experiences and feelings of those people who receivethe indelible mark of the justice system upon them forever. Thefirst hand accounts render stories from men and women, young and old whohave experienced the harsh treatment, the fair process,the glaring hatred and the compassionate victim. The stories of so manypeople make this a rich text for any student or person interestedgaining an thoughtful insight into the criminal justice system. It iswritten in an easy to read style with personal accounts by the author, aUniversity Research Fellow and convict criminologist.

O autorze

Brian is a senior research fellow at the Restorative Justice
Research Unit, Centre for
Social and Community Research, Murdoch University, Western
Australia. He is known
for his research work on restorative justice processes including
sentencing circles
community group conferencing, penal reform and for alternatives
to incarceration.