Over-Efficiency in the Lower Criminal Courts: Understanding a Key Problem and How to Fix it
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| Management number | 201826199 | Release Date | 2025/10/08 | List Price | $23.30 | Model Number | 201826199 | ||
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The book examines how an English Magistrates courthouse prioritized managerial efficiency over social justice and procedural due process values, highlighting the potential for significant social harm. It offers solutions for policymakers and post-graduate students to address the over-efficiency problem.
Format: Hardback
Length: 148 pages
Publication date: 11 June 2024
Publisher: Bristol University Press
In our relentless pursuit of efficiency in the lower criminal courts, have we inadvertently sacrificed quality justice? Through a meticulous analysis of original stenographic data, this book unveils how an English Magistrates' courthouse often prioritized managerial efficiency at the expense of social justice and procedural due process values. With a staggering caseload of over 95% of all criminal cases, this 'over-efficiency problem' holds the potential to inflict significant social harm. Yates' work concludes by offering socio-legal and criminological insights to address this over-efficiency issue. This accessible book is of immense value to policy makers and post-graduate students alike.
Weight: 262g
Dimension: 132 x 211 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529236392
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