A fair hearing?; ethnic minorities in the criminal courts.1843920840 A fair hearing?; ethnic minorities in the criminal courts. Shute, Stephen et al. Willan Publishing 2005 160 pages $64.95 Hardcover HV7419 The authors report on a study sponsored by the Oxford Centre for Criminology criminology, the study of crime, society's response to it, and its prevention, including examination of the environmental, hereditary, or psychological causes of crime, modes of criminal investigation and conviction, and the efficacy of punishment or correction (see and the University of Birmingham Due to Birmingham's role as a centre of light engineering, the university traditionally had a special focus on science, engineering and commerce, as well as coal mining. It now teaches a full range of academic subjects and has five-star rating for teaching and research in several concerning defendants and witnesses in criminal courts. Based on observations of cases and interviews with more than 1000 people, the study examined the extent to which black and Asian people  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. who had appeared in the Crown Court and
magistrates' courts magistrates' courtIn England and Wales, any of the inferior courts with primarily criminal jurisdiction covering a wide range of offenses, from minor traffic violations and public-health nuisances to somewhat more serious crimes, such as petty theft or assault. in Manchester, Birmingham and London perceived their treatment as unfair, whether they believed ethnic bias caused the unfairness, and their confidence in the courts. The authors conclude that more needs to be done to increase the confidence of ethnic minorities in the fairness in criminal courts. Distributed in the US by ISBS ISBS International Society of Biomechanics in Sports ISBS International Society for Biophysics and Imaging of the Skin ISBS Illinois State Button Society ISBS Iowa State Button Society ISBS Idaho State Button Society . ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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