Criminal Justice Practitioners’ Perceptions of Eyewitnesses with Anxiety and Depression

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Parsons ◽  
Rachel Wilcock ◽  
Wendy Kneller
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Criminal Justice Practitioners

‘It’s all considered to be unacceptable behaviour’

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vickie Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Housing Policy ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Housing Authority ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Critical Questions ◽  
Housing Options ◽  
Criminal Justice Practitioners

Despite a growing recognition of the intersectional relationship between homelessness and incarceration, we have a limited knowledge about housing policy and practice for people leaving custody and (ex)offender groups in the community. Addressing these gaps, this paper provides an overview of the main local housing authority statutory duties in the provision of housing support for prison leavers and (ex)offenders in England and Wales, and situates the issues with accessing accommodation within the wider context of austerity. The paper presents a case study that explores criminal justice practitioners’ experiences of working with local authority housing agencies. Stemming from 25 interviews with housing practitioners and criminal justice practitioners, the paper outlines the main challenges facing criminal justice agencies as they try to secure accommodation for homeless (ex)offenders and resettle them in the community. Finally, the paper concludes by raising critical questions about the housing options for this population, now and in the future.

11. When things go wrong in the criminal justice process

2021 ◽  
pp. 518-598
Author(s):  
Lucy Welsh ◽  
Layla Skinns ◽  
Andrew Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process ◽  
Institutional Architecture ◽  
Criminal Justice Practitioners

In this chapter, we identify and critically evaluate the kind of things that can go wrong in the criminal justice process and describe the institutional architecture used to regulate the actions and effects of criminal justice practitioners and to hold them to account. The focus of the chapter is on the organisational, legal and democratic regulatory and accountability mechanisms associated with the police, courts and CPS. Specifically the chapter covers: Police and Crime Commissioners; citizen- and volunteer-led forms of accountability/regulation; royal commissions, public inquiries and independent inquiries; police complaints processes and inspectorates; trial remedies and appeals; the Criminal Cases Review Commission; civil proceedings; inquests and Coronial Courts.

scholarly journals Co-authoring desistance narratives: Analysing interactions in groupwork for addressing sexual offending

2019 ◽  
pp. 174889581986310
Author(s):  
Eve Mullins ◽  
Steve Kirkwood
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Desistance From Crime ◽  
Criminal Justice Practitioners

Research and theory suggest that desistance narratives and pro-social identities are key to the process of desistance from crime. However, little research has examined how desistance narratives and related identities are produced in contexts other than research interviews or how core correctional skills intersect with the development of these narratives or identities. This study applies discourse analysis and conversation analysis to transcripts of 12 video-recordings of groupwork sessions for addressing sexual offending, examining how desistance narratives and identities are produced, and how practitioner skills and conversational styles intersect with their production. The analysis illustrates how criminal justice practitioners help to co-author desistance narratives through subtle and explicit aspects of interaction, although certain orientations to risk may limit this potential.

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