Description
Book SynopsisContemporary Issues in Global Criminal Justice provides a holistic analysis of modern criminal justice issues, encompassing the pre-trial, investigative, and post-conviction stages of criminal justice in legal settings across the world. The contributors acknowledge and examine the vast array of challenges in global criminal justice, from the role of the International Criminal Court to policing, the integration of technology, and how marginalized groups, such as sex workers and those with addictions, are treated in the courts. With contributions from scholars in England and Wales, New Zealand, Croatia, Spain, the Netherlands, Canada, and The Republic of North Macedonia, this book is not limited to one jurisdiction, and highlights that criminal justice is very much a global issue in a state of crisis. From policing to the courts, it is in urgent need of reform. Without a competent criminal justice system, justice does not exist. This book would be of interest to scholars in the legal, criminal justice, and criminology fields.
Trade ReviewThis collection highlights a number of concerns in global criminal justice, including future trends. The issues are not limited to one particular stage of the process or a single jurisdiction, though they may be experienced differently in each country. The book highlights flaws at every step of the criminal justice process, from policing to post-conviction. The book also suggests that in the process many are marginalized, such as sex workers and those with alcohol or drug addictions. Johnston and Marsh’s book should act as a call for more study and reform in these areas. Without recognizing these flaws, injustice will continue and grow worse.
-- Jerry Buting, author of Illusion of Justice: Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System
Table of ContentsIntroduction by Ed Johnston and Sophie Marsh
Chapter 1: The Importance of Protecting Sex Workers from Harm by Sophie Marsh
Chapter 2: The Impact of the Judicial Role on Treatment and Punishment in the New Zealand
Alcohol & Other Drug Treatment Court by Toni Carr
Chapter 3: Stop and Search Powers in England & Wales: The Commissioner, the Home
Secretary, the Media and the Public by Jack James and Richard Hester
Chapter 4: Reform of Police Interrogations in Croatia: Endangering the Efficiency of the
Criminal Justice System by Elizabeta Ivičević Karas and Zoran Burić
Chapter 5: The Risks of Risk Aversion: Trajectories of Automation in Policing by Mehzeb
Chowdhury
Chapter 6: Artificial Intelligence and the Use of Algorithms in the Criminal Judicial System,
Chimera or Panacea? by Raquel Borges Blázquez
Chapter 7: The Vulnerable Accused in Scotland: ‘A Fig for Those by Law Protected’? by
Eamon P. H. Keane
Chapter 8: The Group Decision-Making of the Jury: Challenges to a Fair Trial by Sarah
Lloyd
Chapter 9: Victim Participation as a Right: From the International Criminal Court to the
European Court of Human Rights by Freya Doughty
Chapter 10: Out-Of-Court Disposals in the Dutch Criminal Process: An Affront to a Fair
Trial? by Anna Pivaty
Chapter 11: The Over-Representation of Aboriginals in Canadian Correctional Facilities: An
Issue Before Canada by Eric Myles
Chapter 12: Contemporary Issues in the Penitentiary System of the Republic of Macedonia:
Fundamentals of Criminal Justice Reform and Penitentiary Reform by Gordana
Lažetić and Elena Mujoska-Trpevska
