scholarly journals Assistance, Support and Monitoring? The Paradoxes of Mentoring Adults in the Criminal Justice System

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTHEA HUCKLESBY ◽  
EMMA WINCUP
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
The Past ◽  
Criminal Justice Research ◽  
Good Lives ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Silver Bullet

AbstractMentoring has recently taken centre stage as one of the primary criminal justice ‘interventions’ to reduce reoffending, having grown in popularity over the past fifteen years. Its rapid growth has been driven by claims of success within and outside the criminal justice system, leading some to argue that it has been perceived as a silver bullet (Newburn and Shiner, 2005). This article challenges such claims on three fronts: first, mentoring is an ill-defined concept with weak theoretical foundations; second, the evidence base upon which claims of success are made is limited; and, third, transferring mentoring into the coercive and punitive environment of the criminal justice system results in a departure from the very principles and values which are the basis of its usefulness elsewhere. The article utilises the findings from three empirical criminal justice research projects to question claims of widespread and effective mentoring activity with defendants and offenders, suggesting instead that ‘interventions’ described as mentoring serve as a vehicle to extend the reach of the criminal justice system. At the end of the article, we suggest that desistance theory, specifically the Good Lives Model, provides a conceptual framework for taking mentoring in criminal justice forward.

scholarly journals Wife Assault, The Justice System and Professional Responsibility

1995 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 908
Author(s):  
Diana Ginn
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Battered Women ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Professional Responsibility ◽  
Wife Assault ◽  
The Past ◽  
Key Players ◽  
The Way

The author reviews the response of the criminal justice system to the problem of wife assault by focusing on the key players within the system. The way the criminal law applies to wife assault affects battered women's access to that area of law known as family law, with negative repercussions for them and their children. Several myths about the nature of wife assault help ensure an inappropriate response. These include the myths that the woman is to blame, that by just leaving the abusive situation she can resolve it, and that if she does not leave it is because she enjoys the abuse. The author reviews current methods used by police, prosecutors and judges for dealing with wife assault and discusses the inadequacies of those methods. She concludes that despite many recommendations for change, there have been no significant improvements in the way the criminal justice system deals with wife assault. It is incumbent upon the legal profession to demonstrate professional responsibility by ensuring that wife assault is taken more seriously than it is now and than it has been in the past. This is a necessary reform before battered women can rely on the criminal justice system.

Psychological Effects of Victimization: Implications for the Criminal Justice System

1987 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 468-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Resick
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Rape Victims ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Psychological Reactions ◽  
The Past

The purposes of this article are to review research on psychological reactions to criminal victimization, to consider how victims might be affected by participation in the criminal justice system, and to offer some recommendations for the treatment of victims and their families within the criminal justice system. Over the past ten years there have been a series of studies conducted to examine the long-term effects of rape victims. Recently a study was conducted to compare the reactions of robbery victims with rape victims and to compare female and male robbery victims. This article will review the findings from these longitudinal studies with particular attention to victim reactions that may affect or be affected by participation in criminal prosecution.

Restitution as a Sanction in Juvenile Court

1986 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G. Staples
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Juvenile Court ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Tort Law ◽  
The Past ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
Policies And Practices

Over the past decade, restitution has assumed increasing significance as a sanction both in the juvenile and in the criminal justice system. The purpose of this article is to examine the current trend toward utilizing restitution from a critical and historical perspective. Current restitution policies and practices are placed within the context of three major trends in justice: (1) the individualization of the juvenile court; (2) the growing concern with the victims of crime, and (3) the blurring of traditional distinctions between criminal and tort law. Restitution as a sanction is evaluated in the context of these three developments, and the contemporary form of restitution is compared with its historical predecessors.

scholarly journals Professional Relationship between Crime Investigators and Prosecutors in the Human Trafficking Crimes

2012 ◽  
pp. 12-34
Author(s):  
Yubaraj Sangroula
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Professional Relationship ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Failed State ◽  
The Past

The paper delves into some major problems encountered by the criminal justice system of Nepal with regard to the crime of trafficking and protection of victims. An attempt has been made to ponder into notional or theoretical basis of problems as well the procedures being applied in investigation, prosecution and trials of the trafficking offences. The major focus of the article lies on the need of coordination between the investigator and the prosecutor. The paper reflects on some notional misconceptions of actors which are significantly contributing to the 'continuity of the failed state of the prosecution in the trafficking cases. It is an undeniable fact that Nepal's criminal justice system is largely a 'relic' of the past. The new principles adopted in the changed context after 1950 are largely reduced to 'non-productive' due to these looming misconceptions of actors. In this light, the paper has made some general efforts to ' relate the ground reality of Nepal prevailing criminal justice system with the demands of a modern criminal justice system's principles. The issues of trafficking crime are seen in these perspectives.

scholarly journals Child-friendly Justice and Procedural Safeguards For Children in Criminal Proceedings: New Momentum for Children in Conflict with the Law?

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Ton Liefaard
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
The Past ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Child Friendly ◽  
The Law ◽  
Justice Systems

Child-friendly justice has its focus on on the effective participation of children in justice systems. During the past decade the concept, grounded in international children’s rights, has become meaningful for justice systems in Europe and beyond. Despite its flaws and gaps, it has the potential of making justice systems more accessible for children, including the (juvenile) criminal justice system with its particular complexity. However, in order to understand its true potential more research is needed. This article elaborates on the concept of child-friendly justice and sheds light on a research agenda around its core elements.  

The Neuroscience of Criminality and Our Sense of Justice

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Hardcastle
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Imaging Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Us ◽  
Brain Scan ◽  
Sense Of Justice

Part IV begins with Valerie Hardcastle’s chapter on the neuroscience of criminality and our sense of justice. Taking the US courts as her stalking horse, Hardcastle analyzes appellate cases from the past five years in which a brain scan was cited as a consideration in the decision. She focuses on how a defendant’s race might be correlated with whether he is able to get a brain scan, whether the scan is admitted into evidence, how the scan is used in the trial, and whether the scan changes the outcome of the hearing. She then provides a comparative analysis of the cases in which imaging data were successful in altering the sentence of defendants and those in which the data were unsuccessful. She concludes by pointing to larger trends in our criminal justice system indicative of more profound changes in how we as a society understand what counts as a just punishment.

An Exploratory Study of Animal Cruelty Prosecution in New York

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 602-622
Author(s):  
Andrea Kordzek
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Animal Cruelty ◽  
The Past

In the past several years, there have been significant changes in law pertaining to cruelty toward non-human animals. While prosecutors have more options available to them today than in the past, research has failed to examine prosecutors’ actions in cases involving animal cruelty. This research relies primarily on interviews with prosecuting attorneys to understand these types of cases. It explores prosecutors’ thoughts on and experiences with animal cruelty cases and provides information on the handling of these cases by the criminal justice system.

Anthropology and the Criminal Justice System

1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-4
Author(s):  
Irene Glasser ◽  
Livingston Sutro
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Justice Statistics ◽  
The Past ◽  
Percent Increase ◽  
State Prisons

The criminal justice system, generally defined as the police, courts, and prisons, cries out for the attention of anthropology. The numbers of people involved are staggering. According to Bureau of Justice Statistics, the number of prisoners under federal or state correctional authorities in 1990 was more than 800,000 (a 134 percent increase over the past ten years). In July, 1990, Bureau of Justice Statistics indicated that the 245,562 offenders serving time in state prisons for crimes of violence had victimized an estimated 409,000 persons (including 79,300 persons killed).

scholarly journals Gender and Financialization of the Criminal Justice System

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 446
Author(s):  
Lisa Servon ◽  
Ava Esquier ◽  
Gillian Tiley
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Mass Incarceration ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
System 2 ◽  
Depth Interviews

(1) The increase in women’s mass incarceration over the past forty years raises questions about how justice-involved women experience the financial aspects of the criminal justice system. (2) We conducted in-depth interviews with twenty justice-involved women and seven criminal law and reentry professionals, and conducted courtroom observations in southeastern Pennsylvania. (3) The results from this exploratory research reveal that women’s roles as caregivers, their greater health needs, and higher likelihood of being poor creates barriers to paying fines and fees and exacerbates challenges in reentry. (4) These challenges contribute to a cycle of prolonged justice involvement and financial instability.

scholarly journals New Times, New Crimes: Notes on the Depillarization of the Criminal Justice System

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Crime And Punishment ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject

Abstract A great deal has been written about the changing nature and direction of criminology over the past two decades, including claims that we are moving into a “new penology.” Many of these claims are suggestive rather than authoritative. In contrast to most commentaries on the subject, this article provides longer historical overview and attempts to sketch out how the central structures or “pillars” of the criminal justice system have become weakened and eroded over the last 200 years and how the emergence of body of “new crimes” and their regulation is challenging what might be called the “old criminology.” The emergence of new relations between victims and offenders, criminal justice and social justice, as well as the development of innovative modes of regulation are, it is argued, changing the social and criminological landscape. This raises issues of theory and practice that challenge traditional conceptualisations of crime and punishment.

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