Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure
About the Book Series
This series deals with aspects of criminal justice and procedure in both practical and theoretical terms. Books may examine issues such as the use of police powers, the rights of the suspect during the police investigation, access to legal advice and the trial process. Many jurisdictions have seen substantial changes to their criminal justice systems which often have ramifications for due process safeguards. From a theoretical standpoint, the series invites analyses of the way in which different jurisdictions make changes to their justice systems, highlighting and examining the ramifications of such changes. The series welcomes contributions from scholars from all jurisdictions thereby creating an opportunity for novel cross-jurisdictional scholarly collaboration.
Neurolaw in the Courtroom: Comparative Perspectives on Vulnerable Defendants
1st Edition
Edited
By Hannah Wishart, Colleen M. Berryessa
June 27, 2025
This collection presents a comparative perspective on interdisciplinary issues that fall under the emerging field of Neurolaw. The chapters embrace distinct procedural and evidential issues in the courtroom for vulnerable defendants, such as immature defendants, mentally disordered offenders and ...
The Digital Courtroom: Participation, Attendance, Engagement and Consumption
1st Edition
By Lisa Flower
May 29, 2025
The digitalisation of courtrooms brings both opportunities and challenges to the judicial process, shaping our understandings of trials and their participants in a myriad of, at times, unexpected ways, and transforming how we participate in, attend, engage with, and consume trials. While digital ...
Social Rehabilitation and Criminal Justice
1st Edition
Edited
By Federica Coppola, Adriano Martufi
May 27, 2025
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the current directions in social rehabilitation scholarship and research by bringing together the voices of legal scholars, criminal justice professionals, social scientists, and people directly impacted by criminal justice in a comparative, ...
International Perspectives of Neuroscience in the Youth Justice Courtroom
1st Edition
Edited
By Hannah Wishart, Ray Arthur
March 31, 2025
This collection presents international viewpoints on interdisciplinary problems that fall under the new and emerging field of neurojustice. The chapters critically explore a wide range of legal problems in youth justice for children and young persons through a neuroscientific lens. This comparative...
Vulnerability, the Accused, and the Criminal Justice System: Multi-jurisdictional Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Roxanna Dehaghani, Samantha Fairclough, Lore Mergaerts
January 30, 2025
This book is concerned with the vulnerability of suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings and the extent to which the vulnerable accused can effectively participate in the criminal process. Commencing with an exploration of how vulnerability is defined and identified, the collection examines...
Justifying Punishment: Perspectives from Post-Communist Europe
1st Edition
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By Jakub Drápal
December 23, 2024
This book develops principles of proper sentence justification, presents results of comparative empirical study on sentence justifications in the post-communist countries and provides practical measures to improve the current situation. Providing justification for sentences is an essential feature ...
Murder, Wrongful Conviction and the Law: An International Comparative Analysis
1st Edition
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By Jon Robins
December 19, 2024
This collection brings together international experts to present a comparative analysis of wrongful conviction and criminal procedure. The volume takes an interdisciplinary approach with authors drawn from a broad range of backgrounds including law, psychology, forensics and journalism. All are ...
A History of Victims of Crime: How they Reclaimed their Rights
1st Edition
By Stephen Strauss-Walsh
November 28, 2024
This book examines the evolution of the contemporary crime victim’s procedural place within modern Western societies. Taking the history of the Irish crime victim as a case study, the work charts the place of victims within criminal justice over time. This evolves from the expansive latitude that ...
Covid-19 and Criminal Justice: Impact and Legacy in England and Wales
1st Edition
Edited
By Ed Johnston
November 28, 2024
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. The book brings together leading experts to examine the impact of the pandemic on policing and criminal procedure, prisons, ...
Efficiency and Bureaucratisation of Criminal Justice: Global Trends
1st Edition
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By Ed Johnston, Anna Pivaty
November 28, 2024
This book tackles the growing issues concerning the managerialism and bureacratisation of criminal justice systems across a number of jurisdictions. Here, managerialism means the move towards more standardised, bureaucratic and efficiency-driven systems, influenced by a desire to ensure ...
Witness Protection and Criminal Justice in Africa: Nigeria in International Perspective
1st Edition
By Suzzie Oyakhire
November 28, 2024
This book examines the concept of witness protection which is still at an early developmental stage in several African countries including Nigeria, from a legal and institutional perspective. Recent developments in Nigeria highlight the need to clarify legal and conceptual issues within the ...
Autism and Criminal Justice: The Experience of Suspects, Defendants and Offenders in England and Wales
1st Edition
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By Tom Smith
October 07, 2024
This collection presents a summary of current knowledge regarding autistic suspects, defendants and offenders in the criminal justice system of England and Wales. The volume examines the interaction between each stage of the criminal justice process and autistic individuals accused or convicted of ...