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Testifying in Court: Virtual Reality as a Preparation Strategy for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Iceland
For survivors of sexual violence, testifying in court can be a stressful experience. For many survivors, preparation has shown to be of importance to...
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Prosecuting in Court
What Podgor (J Crim Law Criminol, 97(3): 1–10) found to be the most interesting aspect of Sutherland’s work is that a scholar needed to proclaim that...
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The Court as a Site of Rediscrimination
This chapter provides an ethnographic analysis of how Travellers perceive the Courts and ‘justice’ (in the context of equality litigation), centring...
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“Without Drug Court, You’ll End Up in Prison or Dead”: Therapeutic Surveillance and Addiction Narratives in Treatment Court
Drug treatment courts have continued to gain local, state, and national support in the United States. In lieu of incarceration, participants receive...
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Juvenile Court Administration: Diversion and Informal Processing
The mission and goals of the juvenile court have not changed significantly during the more than 120 years since the first juvenile court was created....
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Performing unbelonging in court. Observations from a transnational corporate bribery trial—a dramaturgical approach
This article presents a study of the theatrical performance in court in a high-profile transnational corporate bribery case. Data gathered from...
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Knowledge Rivalry in Court
This text focuses on white-collar crime, which involves individuals of high social status who commit financial offenses in the course of their...
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Detected Cases of Bribery in China: The Analysis of Court Records
In this chapter, by employing a quantitative analysis of court rulings on ten cases of unit bribery and a qualitative analysis of court rulings on...
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Does Mentoring Work with High-Risk Adult Probationers?: The Implementation and Outcomes of an Adult Mentoring Court
While some programs for justice system-involved adults have included mentoring as one of many different program components, a problem-solving court...
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Court-Approved Police Deception in Interrogations
It can be seductive to come to believe that suspected criminals have forfeited their constitutional rights when first they “practice[d] to deceive”...
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Disorder in the Court: Trans Folx Experiences of Criminal Legal Practitioner Failings
Documented accounts of trans folx in the courtroom and with legal practitioners within the context of academic work are limited, as much of the focus...
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Challenging Court Landscapes and Opportunities for Change
Courts are complex institutions which must constantly adjust to ensure that they are fulfilling their responsibilities to defendants, victims,...
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Police Officers’ Qualified Immunity in Excessive Force Claims, Warrant Execution, and Warrantless Searches and Arrests: Tracing the Evolution of, and Stagnation in, U.S. Supreme Court Precedents
We analyzed all U.S. Supreme Court cases as of June 6, 2020 where private complainants filed either a §1983 action or Bivens action against police...
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Court Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This paper reviews the distinct nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and examines the resultant court responses and recommendations disseminated by...
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Criminal Court Time and Social Work Time: Pre-sentence Reports and the Chronotope of Adjourned Supervision
This chapter draws on empirical research conducted in the Republic of Ireland to explore the distinction between criminal court time and social work...
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Sentencing Practices
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted court operations across the country. In March and April of 2020 “business-as-usual” was upended and the...
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Veterans Treatment Courts during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Adaptations and Best Practices for Continuing Operation
The purpose of this research is to investigate Veterans Treatment Courts’ (VTCs) operation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March of 2020, there...
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Who benefits from criminal legal reform? A natural experiment to assess racial disparities in a policy targeting monetary sanctions
ObjectiveTo examine disparities in court fines between American Indian and White convicted persons before and after a South Dakota reform, which...
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What About the kids? A Multimethod Approach to Understanding Law Enforcement Policies Pertaining to the Arrest of Children in Florida
This study used a multimethod approach to examine the presence, content, and outcomes of law enforcement policies regarding the arrest of children in...
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The Juvenile Court Process
Youths are referred to the juvenile court for offenses that are violations of the criminal law if committed by an adult or for behavior that is...