Courting Violence: Offences Against the Person Cases in Court
Author:   Nigel Fielding (, Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199279357


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   23 March 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Courting Violence: Offences Against the Person Cases in Court


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Author:   Nigel Fielding (, Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780199279357


ISBN 10:   0199279357
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   23 March 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Contexts of Violence Court Professionals 2: Lay Participants and the Courts Expectations and Pre-Trial Advice Anxiety and Upset 3: Documenting Violence Bail, Confessions, and Statements as Representations of Violence Evidence Alcohol and Drugs Domestic Violence 4: The Language of Violence at Court Accounts of Assault and Injury Lawyers' Tactics Lawyer and Judge Conferrals Judges' Interventions The Jury 5: The Lay Participant at Court Problems in Understanding Language Problems Frustration and Resistance 6: Courting Violence Stereotyping, Characterisation, and Multicultural Issues Defining Law Intimidation Narrating Violence Appendix A: Case Summaries Appendix B: Legal Definitions of Violent Crimes References Index

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Nigel Fielding is Professor of Sociology and co-Director of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Surrey, England. He was editor of the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice from 1985 to 1998. His principal research interests are in criminal justice, and new technologies for social research. He has previously conducted research on the work of probation officers, the training of police officers, the training of lawyers, community policing, social services/police collaboration in the investigation of child sexual abuse, and 'reassurance policing' and 'signal crimes'. He is a member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association, British Society of Criminology, Howard League for Penal Reform and the Groupe Européen de Recherches sur les Normativitiés, and is a sometime consultant to the Police Training Council, CENTREX Bramshill National Police College, the Economic and Social Research Council, and the Home Office.

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