Decisions to imprison : court decision-making inside and outside the law /
This book presents empirical analyses of the normative and ideological structures of courts' decisions to imprison in the daily handling of criminal cases. It explores the ways in which the courtroom decision-making process upholds decisions as legally valid, whilst at the same time also allows...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2008.
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| Series: | Advances in criminology.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | This book presents empirical analyses of the normative and ideological structures of courts' decisions to imprison in the daily handling of criminal cases. It explores the ways in which the courtroom decision-making process upholds decisions as legally valid, whilst at the same time also allows decision-making to reflect wider and more contextual factors. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 203 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-199) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754688327 0754688321 1317153871 9781317153870 1281208779 9781281208774 9786611208776 6611208771 |
